Mail - Multiple Imap Accounts - Sent Folders

I have multiple Imap accounts set up in my mail.app. I know of the feature to set the the sent mail folder. But what do I do with multiple imap accounts and multiple sent folders? When I would like all my accounts to have the correct sent items.

Not every IMAP server requires that you use that command -- if not needed, then the options for that command will be gray when you select an individual Sent mailbox from the Sidebar. Are you saying there is no black triangle beside the Sent icon, even though you have sent a message from the account?
Control click on the Inbox of the second IMAP account, and choose Get Account Info -- there, under the Quota Limits tab you will see all the folders that currently exist on that IMAP server. What do you see?
Ernie

Similar Messages

  • Mail.app handling multiple IMAP accounts

    Hi,
    I find it really hard to use multiple IMAP accounts with Mail.app. The way it displays IMAP accounts is really ugly and very confusing. At best you have one Inbox which displays all the Inboxes on your accounts. Then you have separate drafts, sent, trash treelike view for your accounts "special" mailboxes and then again some-kind-of-tree-view of your IMAP account - which by the way doesn't always even display! It depends if you have checked save trash/sent/junk/etc. messages to server or something which really doesn't have any logic in it. Also it doesn't display all the folders like Inbox (which is combined mailbox at the top which I explained). Then you can drag mailbox from your IMAP account to the "panel" which I think only copies and is not shortcut.
    Could you please do something to this instead of adding some ugly templates for sending your holiday pictures to your mom. I think that Mail.app should be developed to more "professional" usage, rather than develope features that teaches people to use their mailclient as a personal spamming tool for horrible HTML-mails.
    ps. I'd also like to turn off that stupid embedded-attachemts. Attachments are attachments and not a part of the email content thanks.
    -edit-
    you can see a screenshot of my Mail.app at work. I use more mailboxes at home and it's way more ugly. There should also be somekind of "don't display" -options as it displays some horrible Exchange-folders also.
    http://blues.irc-galleria.net/~koivula/uglymailapp.png
    Message was edited by: ville.koivula

    a stupid service provider and they won't allow smtp sending of mail from a third party mail provider...<<</div>
    There is a reason for this and it is called SPAM. Open Relay mail servers are not a good thing:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openmail_relay#Abuse_byspammers

  • Can't send mail in IMAP accounts after installing Mavericks. Incoming messages OK.

    I'm unable to send mail in IMAP accounts after installing Mavericks.  Incoming is OK. Any suggestions on how to resolve, please?

    I'm afraid that I have the very same problem. How did Apple not see this. Surly email is a major part of any opperating system and should have being more than double checked before releasing. I understand software glitches but this is a major pain in the backside. I'm totally stuck and can't use my macbook pro

  • I've deleted all of mail, including trash and sent folders, but my mail usage stays high at around 1.4 gb. What am I missing?

    I've deleted all of mail, including trash and sent folders, but my mail usage stays high at around 1.4 gb. What am I missing?

    It is possible it just hasn' updated yet.
    Try resetting:
    Hold the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons and don’t let go until the screen goes dark and the Apple logo appears (no data will be lost)

  • Can't save drafts, doesn't save sent mail thru imap account

    I learned what an imap account was when I signed up for my .Mac account. I like the idea of sent mail being saved on the server and shared to all my computers. It saves duplication of effort between the two of us working here. So, I've recently had my web guy switch my old POP account to an imap account. But there's problems.
    Whenever I begin composing an email to be sent through my new imap account, I get a message that says, "This email cannot be saved." I can compose and send the email through that account, I just can't save it to my draft folder. When I hit the "Save as Draft" button, it seems to try to save. The "Save as Draft" button goes gray for a couple of seconds but, afterward, I can't find any trace of a saved draft. There's not even a Draft "mailbox" or subfolder under the main "Drafts" heading. Also, once the letter is sent, it doesn't show up in a sent mail folder, I suppose because, again, there isn't a sent mail subfolder for that account.
    My web guy showed me how in his Thunderbird mail preferences he's asked to choose a folder in which his drafts and sent mail will be saved. I can't find a question like that in the Mac Mail preferences. Even if I were asked where I want the mails to be saved, those folders would have to be on the imap server for the contents to be shared between computers, right?
    Two side notes, there is an inbox for this imap account, just no "Sent" or "Draft" folders and second, I'm on OS X 10.4.10, Mac Mail Version 2.1 (752/752.2).
    Anyway, does anyone have any idea what's going on and how it can be fixed?
    TIA,
    Peter

    Yes! Brilliant! When I followed the first half of your instruction (this account requires INBOX to be typed in Preferences, etc.) the imap server did indeed create the draft folder and when I sent the email it created a sent mail folder. Just what I wanted! Thank you. I'm so grateful!
    OK, now a couple more questions based on things that seem to have started happening as a result of following the first instruction.
    Now, instead of not saving drafts, it's saving two, three or four. Just as an experiment, I tried writing a letter to be sent through Mac.com. As I wrote the letter a draft appeared in the proper draft folder. When I changed the subject or added a recipient, that draft was amended to reflect my changes. In the new imap draft folder a new draft was added each time I made a change. They all went away once I sent the message so I see that as a small problem.
    Second, since I saw the draft and sent mail folders appear, the inbox for that account is acting oddly. The little whirling icon that appears when incoming messages are being checked shows up as expected next to each box (subfolder). In the case of the account where the changes were made, the whirling icon freezes and does not display the number of new messages until I actually click on that subfolder. One other little issue that might be related; mail that appears in the new imap inbox doesn't always appear in the overall inbox (atop all the subfolder inboxes). If I click on that inbox subfolder, the mail will appear.
    Third question/comment, the second half of your email suggested that if I succeeded in getting email to "save messages on the server, but maybe in a mailbox different from where you want them to be. To fix that, select the desired folder in Mail and choose the appropriate option from Mailbox > Use This Mailbox For. " Although it seems to be saving in the right folders I looked at the "Use this mailbox for" command and the choices are grayed out no matter which mailbox I choose, whether it's a subfolder mailbox, a main mailbox or a mailbox folder I've created. I don't care but I'm curious. Is that odd?
    Thanks so much for your help so far! This is just great!!!
    Peter

  • IMAP account "standard folders"

    I've been following another Mail thread about IMAP folders that highlights my own confusion about the expected behavior while creating & maintaining an IMAP account.
    Background: I created an AOL IMAP account in Mail, using the settings I found online for account creation. (There was no indication of a need for, nor have I entered, anything in the IMAP Path Prefix field.) This created an "AOL IMAP" inbox (in the inbox parent) & an "AOL IMAP" account group mailbox with (@) icon, containing four subfolders named as follows: Sent Items, Saved, Spam, & VOICEMAIL. There were no other mailboxes created by creating this account (no "AOL IMAP" mailbox in Mail's "Sent" parent or in its "Drafts" one.)
    It is my understanding that the four subfolders already exist on AOL's servers for any AOL subscriber. They are all visible using AOL's webmail interface, although the AOL client software for OS X (unlike the Windows one) allows direct access only to Sent Items, which it labels "Sent Mail." (There is an "Old Mail" tab, but it is in effect only recently read "inbox" mail, & has nothing to do with "Saved Mail," which the AOL client doesn't support.)
    All four of these subfolders are supported by Mail.app. However, since all are created as subfolders in the 'group account' I gather from the referenced & other Discussions topics, none are not recognized as what is sometimes referred to as "standard folders" ... which I take to mean a set of mailbox names Mail knows to use for a particular purpose.
    So, here is question #1: is this right? Does Mail come with a set of names it expects IMAP servers to use for sent mail, deleted mail (a.k.a Trash), junk mail, etc? Alternately, is there a standard for such things, or does Apple (for example) just include the .Mac mailbox names & expect the user to make any changes for other IMAP conventions?
    I'm aware of the "Use This Mailbox For" function in Mail. However, this appears to be a one shot, one way deal: once you select one of the use options for a mailbox in an account, you cannot undo the choice. (IOW, there is no "none" choice.)
    This leads to question #2: Is here a simple way to undo this?
    AOL, possibly among others, has its own way of handling things like Spam & deleted items, so there isn't necessarily a direct correspondence with Mail's Junk & Trash mailboxes. Thus, I have no idea if Mail's 'use for' function would cause any problems if applied to them.
    Question #3: Does anyone have any insights regarding this?
    I would like to have a Mail trash mailbox that corresponds to AOL's version (which is a sort of grace period holding tank similar to Trash, except that AOL controls how long items stay in it before deletion from its servers). problem is, there is nothing like that that appears in Mail, either under the group account or elsewhere.
    Question #4: Is there any way to create such a folder, or should one have been created in Mail's main Trash mailbox for this account by the app itself?
    I just recently used the 'use for' function to tell Mail to use the AOL "Sent Items" originally in the AOL group account for mail sent from that account. This resulted in the mailbox being moved into Mail's main "Sent" mailbox & renamed "AOL IMAP." So far, so good, but leads to
    Question #5: Is this what is supposed to happen?

    (There was no indication of a need for, nor have
    I entered, anything in the IMAP Path Prefix field.)
    This is correct. You don't need anything to be put there.
    This created an "AOL IMAP" inbox (in the inbox parent)
    & an "AOL IMAP" account group mailbox with (@) icon,
    This is expected behavior.
    It is my understanding that the four subfolders
    already exist on AOL's servers for any AOL subscriber.
    That's probably the case. Mail certainly didn't create them by itself.
    All four of these subfolders are supported by Mail.app.
    Not sure what you mean here.
    However, since all are created as subfolders in the 'group
    account' I gather from the referenced & other Discussions
    topics, none are not recognized as what is sometimes referred
    to as "standard folders" ... which I take to mean a set of
    mailbox names Mail knows to use for a particular purpose.
    Correct. The fact that they appear in the account group means Mail isn't using them for any predefined meaning. And the reason is that they don't have the same name that Mail uses for them by default.
    So, here is question #1: is this right?
    Yes.
    Does Mail come with a set of names it expects IMAP servers to use
    I don't think Mail expects anything. It just creates the folders it uses by default if they aren't already there, and ignores the rest.
    is there a standard for such things,
    There is no standard, each server can do whatever it wants.
    or does Apple (for example) just include the .Mac mailbox names &
    expect the user to make any changes for other IMAP conventions?
    Yes. And these names predate .Mac, actually. The same names are used by the *.mbox folders within any POP account folder in ~/Library/Mail/.
    I'm aware of the "Use This Mailbox For" function in
    Mail. However, this appears to be a one shot, one way
    deal: once you select one of the use options for a
    mailbox in an account, you cannot undo the choice.
    (IOW, there is no "none" choice.)
    This leads to question #2: Is here a simple way to undo this?
    There has always to be a mailbox for each purpose (even if it has not been created yet), either stored locally or on the server. You cannot de-assign a folder for a standard behavior without telling Mail which other folder should be used instead -- by doing Use This Mailbox For on another mailbox or by telling Mail to not store those messages on the server, for example.
    AOL, possibly among others, has its own way of handling
    things like Spam & deleted items, so there isn't
    necessarily a direct correspondence with Mail's Junk &
    Trash mailboxes. Thus, I have no idea if Mail's 'use for'
    function would cause any problems if applied to them.
    Neither do I. Try it.
    Question #3: Does anyone have any insights regarding this?
    I don't know much about AOL myself. According to this article:
    http://members.aol.com/adamkb/aol/mailfaq/imap/applemail.html
    it seems that you must uncheck the Store messages on the server options (except for Trash), in order to be able to use AOL with Mail, but the problem could very well be just that AOL doesn't allow Mail to create new folders on the server, yet you can still tell Mail to use the ones created by AOL.
    I would like to have a Mail trash mailbox that
    corresponds to AOL's version (which is a sort of
    grace period holding tank similar to Trash, except
    that AOL controls how long items stay in it before
    deletion from its servers). problem is, there is
    nothing like that that appears in Mail, either under
    the group account or elsewhere.
    I have the feeling that Mail is already doing what you want, and the reason you cannot see that folder is because the name used by AOL is the same as the one used for Mail (Deleted Messages), and thus, Mail has already been using that folder for that purpose since the beginning.
    Question #4: Is there any way to create such a
    folder, or should one have been created in Mail's
    main Trash mailbox for this account by the app itself?
    In the Finder, go to ~/Library/Mail/IMAP-AOLaccount/. Do you see a Deleted Messages.imapmbox folder there? If yes, and that folder does not appear in the account group in Mail, then Mail is already doing what you want.
    I just recently used the 'use for' function to tell
    Mail to use the AOL "Sent Items" originally in the
    AOL group account for mail sent from that account. This
    resulted in the mailbox being moved into Mail's main "Sent"
    mailbox & renamed "AOL IMAP." So far, so good, but leads to
    Question #5: Is this what is supposed to happen?
    Yes.
    Regarding my #5 issue, I just noticed a new local
    folder in Mail I assume was a result of choosing to
    use "Sent Items" in the AOL IMAP account mailbox.
    This mailbox is named (not surprisingly) "Sent
    Messages (AOL IMAP)" & exists at the root mailbox level.
    This is the folder Mail was using to store sent messages locally instead of on the server (when Preferences > Accounts > Mailbox Behaviors > Store sent messages on the server was not checked).
    Problem is, the local "Sent Messages (AOL IMAP)"
    mailbox doesn't contain any messages I sent from the
    AOL account after I set Mail to use the "Sent Items"
    mailbox for mail sent from that account.
    Nor should it. You've told Mail to use another mailbox for that.
    So, question #6 becomes: how do I get this local mailbox
    to save a copy of messages I send from the account?
    You don't. Mail will use it again (and it will disappear from the mailboxes list) if you disable Store sent messages on the server.
    More weirdness: in Finder the info for this folder
    says it was created at the same time as a "Drafts
    (AOL IMAP).mbox" & shortly before creating "Junk (AOL
    IMAP).mbox" ... yet these creation dates are
    approximately one year before the main
    "[email protected]" or its contents like
    "Sent Items.imapmbox" were created! IOW, Finder tells
    me these folders were created on my Mac around a year
    before I set Mail up for the AOL account!
    I have no idea what's going on here.

  • I have multiple imap accounts on thunderbird, but the last two accounts will not show messages in the inbox.

    I have 7 imap accounts some with several subscribed folders. One is a gmail account. The others are from a personal .com. Everything works fine, including the gmail, except the last two accounts added will not sync the inboxes. The sent boxes sync fine, but I see no messages in the inboxes of just the last two accounts added. I know the imap server is working properly as the messages received to these accounts can be viewed via webmail, and the inboxes sync just fine on my email on my phone. I have been over and over all the settings from account to account. What am I missing. Please help.
    Thank you.

    Security Software and Related Troubles
    http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3125          Basic Troubleshooting
    http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3297          Advance Troubleshooting
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1629          Ports List
    Basics
    Check correct date, time, and timezone.
    Log in as administrative user account
    Verifiy iTunes updated
    Update Operating System “OS” (Ms Windows, Mac OSX)
    Update Modem / Router firmware
    Update security software (Antivirus, Firewall)
    Remove Outdated Security Software (Always restart afterwards)
    Advanced
    Remove Mobile Software not used anymore
    (Motorola, Android, Nokia, Sony, Blackberry)
    Add Apple programs to firewall permissions
    Allow Ports 80, 443, 3689, 5297, 5298, 5353, 8000-8999, and 42000-42999
    Permit Domains - apple.com , edgesuite.net , mzstatic.com
    Disable Security Software
    Remove Security Software (restart!)
    Delete “Hosts” file and restart, or edit and save.
    Check Browser Settings: Use SSL3, TLS1, Auto Detect, No Proxy Settings
    Reinstall itunes FOLLOWING ARTICLE while all security off / disabled or completely removed.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1923
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1925

  • Mail Duplicates IMAP account Snow Leopard

    Hey everyone-
    I'm getting duplicate emails on an IMAP account- I know there is another post about this issue, but it seems to mostly pertain to POP emails, but nothing I've read or seen on this forum or any other has yet helped me. Also I don't know if my situation is exactly the same as the others. I will try to include all factors that may (or may not) be relevant.
    -Model and OS, you can see in my signature line.
    -IMAP email account that worked previously in Leopard. Also, this email account works perfectly on wife's macbook using the exact same settings. This account works on iPhone 3GS, on Thunderbird for XP and Outlook for XP. Further, this email account works on a seperate user account I created on my MBP just to test Mail.
    -When I try to mark the duplicate emails as "read" from within Mail, there is a squiggly upward arrow that appears next to the message-I'm assuming Mail is trying to tell me something-anybody know what?
    -I have done the following with no result: deleted cache, verified/repaired disk permissions, deleted and added mail account (multiple times, including Library files related to this account), restarted in "safe" then restarted again (per Apple tech support), and reinstalled Mail directly from SL disk (again multiple times).
    -Since I'm beginning to think its related to my specific user account, it may also matter that this user account has been migrated from iBook G4 12" 1.33 Tiger, then to this MBP Leopard when it had a 200GB HDD, upgraded to SL, then again to the 500GB HDD.
    I'm at my wit's end. Willing to take any measure, including completely removing Mail itself. Every mail account I use is IMAP or Exchange, it would be a pain to have to put them all back on (I use like 6 emails accounts), but anything to get Mail working again.
    Peace
    Curtis

    I should also mention deleting preferences files, and that this is NOT a gmail account.

  • I can't send mail with IMAP account

    I have two accounts set up on my iPad, a POP account and and IMAP account. I can send emails on the POP account ok but not from the IMAP account. It is a new email address and I could send emails from it but now it has stopped sending. It says the recipient was rejected by the server or the sender was rejected by the server. No settings have been changed.
    Any ideas?
    Many Thanks

    i think to see al the Sent mailbox present both in the main section both in the imap tree. (see pictures from http://www.pv.infn.it/~bellomo/archivio/Picture%201.png and http://www.pv.infn.it/~bellomo/archivio/Picture%203.png) i've tried to change and use any of the Sent folder as Mail Sent folder from menu, i can change them but trying to send a mail always leave the Sent folder without messages.
    Notice that a couple of mails have been copied to Sent folder .... but others not: is so strange !!!
    I've tried just after one mail was copied and get the other one not ...

  • Multiple IMAP-accounts in Mutt.

    I have been struggling with Mutt for a while now. It works as it should when only working with one IMAP-account, but if I add more, only the last one is active. I have searched the manual about it but it is quite cryptic for me.
    I can use offlineimap and manually change the directory within Mutt, but if I connect to the imap-servers directly I can't see any way of changing account...
    Any ideas?
    /F

    Anyway, you can do the same also with isync/mbsync, where you can either list explicitly the folders you want to sync, or catch the wanted folders with patterns.
    Nowadays I actually use mbsync, because it is more protected from deletion (I do never want to delete mails from gmail!), it allows you to force pull or push syncs and gives meaningful error messages (being written in C instead of python). I uploaded to the AUR a version of isync with some important patches from fedora.

  • Not all mails from IMAP account downloaded to Mail

    I use an IMAP email account from GMX together with Apple Mail.
    After some investigation I noticed, that there is a different number of mails on the server and locally on my Mac.
    The Mac has much less mails.
    Digging deaper it appears, that there are duplicates on the server which are not synced - hopefully only duplicates.
    How did a realize that?
    1. number of mails shown in Apple Mail's Account Information is identical to the server information.
    2. Selecting all folders and all mails shows a significant difference
    Anybody experiencing the same behaviour?
    How do I get the missing mails transfered to my Mac?
    Thanks a lot in advance.
    PS: OS X 10.8.2 with Mail 6.2

    I've run across this problem as well. I'm using a non GoDaddy IMAP account and under 10.8.2 some messages aren't appearing on the computer. They show correctly on the server and two different pre 10.8 computers.
    What's odd is that if you select (cmd+a) all the messages and then go to View--≥Display Selected Messages Only, the number of messages and missing ones show up correctly.
    I've duplicated this problem on two different 10.8.2 computer installations. Creating a fresh user account and adding the account results in the same behavior. Any ideas? I may try doing a fresh install from 10.8.0 and seeing if that resolves the problem.                             

  • Multiple IMAP accounts on same domain - collisions?

    i am migrating to mail.app (from entourage) and starting to set up several of my mail accounts, i am also switching many of my accounts to IMAP.
    I currently have three IMAP accounts from the same domain in mail.app (admin@, need@ and offer@) and it seems as if every time mail checks the server there is a problem with one of the accounts. but it is never the same account, and not always one... every 5 minutes (currently) when mail.app checks at least one of the 3 displays an alert. setting it to "online" works every time.
    Is it possible that 3 accounts are too much at once (from the same domain) the 3 other accounts on different domains always work. Is this a known issue?

    I've got the same problem - and maybe it's not the answer You want to hear .
    I've solved this problem by changing to Thunderbird. I didn't find the correspondig config switch in Mail.app; in Thunderbird I can reduce the number of "persistent connections" to the mail server. It seems that my provider (he uses PLESK) has a limit of simultanous connection to one server, so my 4 Email-Accounts can not be reached at the "same" time.
    If I reduce my accounts to 2, I can reach both of them.
    Maybe someone else can tell You (and me) where to change the settings of Mail.app; I gave up!
    HTH
    astroeher
    iMac 17" Intel Core2Duo   Mac OS X (10.4.8)  

  • Mac Mail - multiple hotmail accounts, only 1 works

    In my Mac mail I have 2 separate Hotmail addresses identically set-up following the instructions widely available.
    The 1 email works perfectly and the other fails to sync, it just times out. I captured the logs and the failing account does not even get by step 1 in attempting to reach the Hotmail server. Eventually it will just time out.
    Ive tried resetting my Mac Mail, Redoing the accounts from scratch, but this problem persists itself.

    Try deleting the account and adding it back.
    Troubleshooting Apple Mail
    What does Mail/Window/Connection Doctor Show? If the server is red, select it and look at the Show Details box.
    Troubleshooting sending and receiving email messages
    Troubleshooting sending email messages
    SMTP servers keep going offline

  • Ipad 2 not auto receiving mail from IMAP account

    Hi, I have an iPad 1 & 2 and an iPhone 3Gs.
    I have may email accounts with different servers, Apple, Yahoo, Google & 1&1.
    All auto receive mail via push, except for the 1&1 acc on the iPad2.
    Checked & double checked settings are same as on iPhone & iPad 1 which both receive mail from that account without issues.
    The only way I can get to see new mail from the 1&1 acc on it is to open the mail app and sit back for it to come in!
    What could I possibly be doing wrong? Is anyone else having the same issue?

    I am. I have a G5 and an iPad. I can get my mail from the G5, or by logging onto the server via Internet, but my mail app tells me it can't connect to the server. I've tried all the fixes on the other, similar threads... Set both fetch to manual, hard restart, reconfigure, etc. I can get it to work once after hard reboot.

  • Lion IMAP account - Sent messages are not sync

    Hi all,
    this question is not strictly related to Lion, as this "problem" sussist even in the old Leopard, however I was believing it woul have been fixed with the new version.
    I've my Mac Book Pro with all my email configured as IMAP.
    This is great, I see my Inbox with the same exact copy of the message available online. When I send a message, this is stored in the sent mailbox, and this is great too.
    But why all the old messages are not seen in the sent mailbox as well?
    It doesn't make sense to me, and there is any option that make a difference. I was initially believing the "keep a local copy of the message" was affecting this.
    But the most frustrating thing is that at the very bottom of the left aside there is a second entry, one for each account, which essentially show me a sort of "raw" account with all the folders and labelled messages as the online structure. Is it possible to get rid of that too?
    Many thanks
    Andrea

    I've had the same problem for a while, even before Leopard. It definitely occurs more often when sending bigger messages (i.e. with attachments), and on slower connections (cell card, or even shaky wifi). Always unsettling when I notice it, and seriously frustrating when a Send fails and I've forgotten to Save as Draft.

Maybe you are looking for