Mail sent messages folder

I am using IMAP accounts from three different Macs (2 OSX6, 1 OSX8) , 1 iphone, 1 iPad
Unfortunately the use how to save sent messages on server is not overall consistent.
In addition to the "sent" folder I have also "sent items", "sent messages" which have been cretaed by mail client apps.
Where can I set up the Mail Apps that sent mails are not only saved on the server, but also always in the same "sent" folder?
Thanks
Urs

It's pretty easy to choose your Sent folder.
1. On the lefthand folders panel, select the folder that you want to use as your "Sent" folder.
2. With that folder selected, choose Mailbox from the top menu
3. Near the bottom of the dropdown menu, select "Use This Mailbox As"
4. Select "Sent Mailbox"
Voila! Now all your sent e-mails will be stored in the folder of your choosing. You can also change the behavior of other folders, such as Drafts, Junk, Trash, etc.

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My provider just moved my account to another server. The IMAP accounts needed to be re-established on my wife's PC in her program. So we know the files are all there on the new server.
Funny thing is that it's not working on Mail on my iBook. And when these changes took place, my sidebar contents in Mail changed on me. I have sent some mail to various places since this happened, but none of these new mails have copies which are saved in my "Sent Items" or "Sent Messages" folders. So I have no record now of anything new since the change happened. I DO have copies of mail in there that are pre-change.
I checked my preferences for mailbox behaviors, and the "Store Sent Items on the Server" is checked, so I'm not sure what's up.
For the record I'm running OS X 10.4.7 and Mail 2.1.
I have deleted and re-established my two email accounts in Mail in order to make them re-establish new links with the server, so I'm seeing my folders, but no new mail sent is showing up in my Sent Messages folder.
I would appreciate if anyone knows if there could be an issue with Mail, my new host's servers, or what. It looks like a Mail issue to me, since my wife's PC is reading everything fine (and she is running Thunderbird as her client).
Thanks!
iBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.7)
iBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.6)
iBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.7)

You're welcome.
I don't think it's your fault. Different IMAP servers use different naming conventions, and the Mailbox > Use This Mailbox For command is meant to let you tell Mail which folder should be used for what purpose, but you shouldn't have to use it just to prevent your mail from being lost. At the very least, Mail should be able to use its own default Sent Messages folder without you having to do anything. I don't know why Mail fails to do this properly so often.
Worse yet, not only does Mail sometimes fail to use the Sent Messages folder that's already there, but it doesn't even warn you that it's failing to save your sent messages as you've told it to.

Sent Mail now put in seperate 'Sent Messages' folder - big problems

Never had this problem before. I have my MobileMe account set to sync everything to the server across my 10.5.8 MacBookPro and 3.0.1 iPhone 3GS. Sent Mail has always been put in the standard 'Sent' folder and we've got along fine.
The other day I was setting up my email on a 10.5.7 iMac and when it did the mail sync, it created a new folder called 'Sent Messages (.me)' and preceded to put all the synced up sent messages in this folder instead of the standard 'Sent' folder at the top of the Mail.app application.
Now its a right mess. On the iPhone I can not select 'Sent' in the 'On the Server' list when choosing where to put sent mail. It only offers 'Sent' 'On My iPhone' and shows the 'Sent Messages (.mac)' on the other list.
How do I hit the reset button and get this back to where it was before with 'Sent' folder sync bliss?
Do I need to remove the accounts from all machines and start again?
Could 10.5.7 on the iMac be the culprit?
Many thanks.

Maybe not...
I've had the same symptoms suddenly appear while using an IMAP account. Sent mail is no longer saved in the Sent folder -- unlike you, I can't find any of my new Sent mail. (but mail sent from my iPhone does show up) The same flurry of extra IMAP-related folders has also appeared, including the "Sent Messages" folder, just below the "Sent" folder.
So, it doesn't seem to be a .mac issue. I hadn't changed any settings today before I noticed that it started happening.

Mail 4.1 suddenly takes another SENT Messages folder

Since a few days, another SENT Messages folder is used by Mail to store my sent e-mails. I'm using 2 Macs and one iPhone. Before, all 3 devices used the same SENT Messages folder. However, at the moment my 2 Macs use the SENT Messages ([email protected]) folder to store the sent e-mails, while my iPhone still uses the 'normal' SENT Messages folder. I have no clue why my Macs suddenly decided to use the SENT Messages ([email protected]) folder (so with an e-mailaddress behind it).
If you have any idea why this happened, please let me know. Any help will be appreciated! If you need some more information, also let me know!

I'm not sure why you have to Sent mail folders. You can report bugs here.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html
One more thing to try. Quit Mail if it's open.
Locate this file. com.apple.mail.plist
Move that file to the Desktop. Launch Mail.
If it functions as it should, go to Mail/Preferences. Make note of your Mail preferences, then delete that .plist file.
Carolyn

Message not saved in sent messages folder

Hi everybody,
When I send a mail by the Collaboration Launch Pad and check the option: "Save copy in Sent Messages Folder" I get this error:
"Message has been sent, but could not be saved in the sent messages folder; check the mail server entry in your user mapping data."
Please is anybody there who can help me to properly configurate that option or tell me how to remove it from the body?
Thanks in advance,
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Hi Antonio,
Saving the mesage means writing that e-mail in the senders "sent item" folder in the mailbox. Thus make sure that the users mail server name and user and password is correct for the system Exchange.
Also check SAP Note 738965.
Also there is this this specific port that should be open on the SMTP server for the mail to be saved in the "sent items" folder. I dont remember what port is it. Will try to figure out and let you know.
Also make sure that your Exchange transport has the sent items folder name.
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Using telnet check that the SMTP server can be reached on port 25. If not then there is no way you can save the messages in the sent items folder using the collaboration tools.
Message was edited by: Akhilesh Mahto

"sent messages" folder on my iPhone 4s

Emails sent from my mac are not showing up on my iPhone 4s. I am using an email address hosted by godaddy and it's an IMAP account.
In settings / mail / accounts / advanced / sent mailbox: I see the "sent messages" folder and it is checked (on the server). But in my email app, that folder does not appear.
Can someone help me on this? I want to be able to see the emails I send from my mac on my iPhone (I can see iPhone sent emails on my mac)
Hope this makes sense.
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Basics from the User Guide are restart, reset, restore.

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*Just downloaded (40 mins) & installed iPhone Software version 2.0.*
Contacts/Phone/Bookmarks/Music Library/Picts are all OK. _PROBLEM IS I've lost all my Sent Email messages and Sent Folder for each mail account and no longer have access to any messages sent from my iPhone_. It's ironic because during iPhone 2.0 update, there was a message about backing up mail/contacts/picts et al. After update & firmware update, iTunes restored info to my iPhone, but all sent messages are gone. Everything else appears to be OK.
*Does anyone have any idea how i can retrieve them.* (Seems if they were backed up to iTunes, that it should be possible to restore the same information).
[I turned off "Push" by navigating on the iPhone:SETTINGS>FETCH NEW DATA>PUSH- "off". Since turning PUSH off, new sent messages (i.e. after 2.0 upgrade) appear in sent folder, but older sent messages are still missing in action.
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This may be odd... responding to my own posting, but for anyone with similar issue, I just spoke with the people at "1-800-myiphone".
Result: "Sent Messages, and Sent Message Folder are both temporary, and are not part of itunes/iphone syncing or backup features".
To restore the prior Sent Messages that existed in the earlier iphone software version 1.14 is impossible as messages are not stored on AT&T's servers, and iTunes does not sync "sent messages." The only work-around to re-populate missing sent messages is for the recipients of those messages to forward messages back from their computer, not their iphones, (Remember iPhone strips attachments from forwarded messages, therefore recipients who have iphones must 'forward back message from their computer only).
After migrating to iphone software version 2.0, it is a really good idea to do a "Bcc:" (Blind Carbon Copy) to onself on all future messages. That way messages will arrive in your 'inbox' which can be synced and restored via iTunes software.
In short, I think Apple is using a technical glitch in it's software update to coerce users to use the "MobileMe" service that Pushes and syncs messages to an iPhone and the user's other computers.
Hope this posting is helpful to others.
Sincerely,
Geoff

Sent Emails not being saved in Sent Messages Folder

I have been sending emails while logged into .Mac at work and I have not been receiving replies. When I send mail from my other accounts my friends tell me they never received mail from my .Mac acct. I even tried sending a blank one to myself and it was not showing up in the sent messages folder. How can I get all my messages to be saved in the send messages folder and not just some of them?
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Change 'Sent' Messages folder?

How do u change the folder in Mail.app?
I'm having a problem across two computers and @me: between my desktop and @me the Sent mail is synchronized, but between my laptop and @me and me desktop it isn't. I checked the folder names for my sent mail and see the following:
Desktop-> 'Name on Server: Sent Messages'
@me-> 'Save Sent Messages to 'Sent'
Laptop-> 'Name on Server: Sent Messages (mac)'
So it seems that 'Sent Messages' = 'Sent'.
The question is how, do I change it on my laptop in Mail.app? In @me->Mail->Prefs-> I can see a list box which will let me adjust between 'Sent' and 'Sent Messages (mac)' but I don't see this same option in Mail.app
tia.

You're welcome.
I don't think it's your fault. Different IMAP servers use different naming conventions, and the Mailbox > Use This Mailbox For command is meant to let you tell Mail which folder should be used for what purpose, but you shouldn't have to use it just to prevent your mail from being lost. At the very least, Mail should be able to use its own default Sent Messages folder without you having to do anything. I don't know why Mail fails to do this properly so often.
Worse yet, not only does Mail sometimes fail to use the Sent Messages folder that's already there, but it doesn't even warn you that it's failing to save your sent messages as you've told it to.

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Not sure what the problem is but I look forward to some help.
Thanks.

I note that I just found all previous sent messages in the separate sent messages folder on my sidebar (minus the message that appears in my regular Sent Mailbox). I just moved these to the Sent mailbox and will wait to see if they appear there (in the sent mailbox) once it has processed this action.

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Every time I send an email, especially with attachments, the mail is correctly delivered, but it don’t appear in the “Sent” folder.
If I send a message via webmail, it is correctly synced with the mail client (it appears in the sent folder on the server and on the Mac).
It’s surely a bug, all my settings are ok and I tried all the possible solutions suggested by others in this community and elsewhere before resigning.
I have 4 IMAP accounts and the synchronization is always very slow and time consuming.
This is unacceptable for a mail client..
Anyone have experienced this problem? Anyone has a definitive solution?
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Linc Davis wrote:
From the Mail menu bar, select
Mail ▹ Preferences... ▹ Accounts ▹ Mailbox Behaviors
and uncheck the box marked
Store sent messages on the server
Any change?
Yes, it works, but it's a workaround to "prevent" the client to copy the message on the server.
The message is stored locally and I can't access it on my other devices..
I need that all messages are stored on the server.
Other clients do it perfectly, but I don't like their GUI and the fact that they're not integrated with the OS like Mail.
Since the problem does not occur with your workaround, I think that the bug is at some point during the sending process, especially when the message contains attachments and the activity window is "busy", filled with too many blue bars..

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