Imap and POP not working together properly

Question

hi guys,
i was trying to search through past threads for this answer but to no avail. anyways, i had and imap and pop(gmail) account through apple mail. only recently, something just happened and every setting on all my apps and my doc and desktop were set to default. this means all the accounts that i had setup through mail also got erased. i reset everything but here are the problems i encounter:
a/ when i write a message with my gmail account, it does not send a copy to the sent folder. the imap account does. i checked the pref and the check marks are present where they need to be.
b/ when i send mail to the trash, any trash from the gmail is sent to a gmail subfolder under the trash icon...but i can't access this trash through my main trash icon.
c/ the other subfolder for my trash icon is one names "on my mac". how can i create a subfolder that only intakes stuff from my imap account. that way, the main trash icon accesses all trash and the the subfolders access their respective trash, depending on the help.
i realize its alot but if anyone can help me on any of these, it would be most appreciated.
thanks in advance
arsh
Macbook Pro   Mac OS X (10.4.9)   It's my baby...

Answer 1

Hi arsh.
Verify/repair the startup disk (not just permissions), as described here:
The Repair functions of Disk Utility: what’s it all about?
Report the names of the files and folders present at the first level of the ~/Library/Mail/ folder in the Finder.
In order to post the exact file names and avoid typing mistakes, proceed as follows. In the Finder, go to ~/Library/Mail/. With that folder open, if you’re looking at it in View > as List mode, first collapse any expanded folders so that the Finder only shows the files and folders at the first level of ~/Library/Mail/. Now, do Edit > Select All (⌘A), then Edit > Copy (⌘C), and paste it in your reply to this post.
Before actually posting that information, edit it so that the file/folder names do not reveal any details you should keep private, e.g. replace any real username with “username” to hide your real email address. Try to be consistent in how you disguise those details, though, as we may need to refer to them in subsequent posts.
Locate within ~/Library/Mail/ the account folder affected by the problem — its name begins with the account type (POP, IMAP, Mac), followed by the account username and the incoming mail server. Repeat the procedure to let me see the names of the files and folders it contains.
Note: For those not familiarized with the ~/ notation, it refers to the user’s home folder. That is, ~/Library is the Library folder within the user’s home folder, i.e. /Users/username/Library.
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I don’t understand your third question, but each mail account has its own Trash and there is also an On My Mac Trash where deleted messages are moved if they were previously stored in a custom “On My Mac” mailbox or in a locally stored mailbox associated with an IMAP account (i.e. a mailbox for which Store messages on the server has been turned OFF in Preferences > Accounts > Mailbox Behaviors).