IOS 4 Mail Threading - should sent messages show?

Hi There,
I upgraded my iPhone 3G to iOS 4. I've set up Gmail (Exchange) and also a Rackspace provisioned IMAP account.
I've mapped the Rackspace account's paths for /Sent, /Drafts, etc.
Regardless of whether I'm replying from desktop or the iPhone mail app, my replies do not show in threads.
Are Sent messages supposed to show up? Or are threads simply 'incoming messages' with the same shared subject?
I was under the impression a thread was more like a Gmail thread where sent/received messages with a shared header are all displayed chronologically.
Any insight would be appreciated!

I have the same issue and it is driving me a little nuts.
Some of my messages in the iPhone native mail app seem to show threaded.. i.e. there is a small number next to a message to show how many contributions to the thread and inside the thread I can see my friend's email and then above my email and then above my email back to them and so on... Yet this is by far the minority of the messages. Most show only the mail received from the other party in the conversation. And the small number which states how many messages are in the thread is different than the figure in Gmail which notifies of same.. because of course half the threads are not there!
I've tried many solutions - including one which had me go into Gmail, remove all of the 'inbox' labels from my email (effectively remove my mail from the inbox), re-add my messages to the Inbox, and then pull email back into my iPhone.. phew. After which things seemed to work on some conversations. Yet back to square one now.
I have tried the Exchange mail option, the Gmail option. I've tried push and fetch methods. I've tried deleting and starting again. No luck.
I though the issue may be that I was replying from within iPhone then continuing some conversations in Gmail online. That didn't seem to be the issue. I've now seen note that Google is offering the ability to 'turn off' conversations in Gmail.. perhaps rolling out this option has caused server issues with Push mail. Don't know.
Either way it seems I must use Gmail via their mobile view in Safari - which actually works very well, with much of the native Gmail functionality.
Is there a likelihood Apple will fix what is going on? Is it an iOS 4 issue? Or is it a Gmail issue? Very strange, very frustrating...
AMH
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