My sent messages are not going in my sent folder... Why not?

When I send a message it should appear in my Sent Folder... They don't... Where are they going? My sent folder doesn't work! How do I fix this?

You do not say whether you are using a standard Pop account using it's own folders Or a Pop mail account using Global Inbox(Local Folders) OR whether this is an IMAP mail account?
So the answer depends on your setup:
'Tools' > 'Account Settings' > 'Copies & Folders' for the mail account.
* Select: 'Place a copy in'
If Pop mail account using own folders:
* Select : 'Sent' folder on and pop mail account
If Pop mail account using Global Inbox(Local Folders):
* Select : 'Sent' folder on and Local Folders.
If IMAP mail account:
* Select : 'Other' and then choose the Sent folder on imap mail account.
* Note: that sometimes the 'Sent' folder on server may be called something similar eg: 'Sent Items'
Click on OK.

Similar Messages

  • Sent messages are ending up in my drafts folder for no reason

    I have been experiencing this problem for quite some time now. Messages that I have sent out, even ones that have never been set to draft status, are ending up in my Drafts folder.
    Mail moves over a handful at a time. I am not really sure why this is happening. Has this happened to anyone else?

    It was recommended in another thread that you uncheck the "Store draft messages on server" option (it's in the Mailbox Behaviors pane of the Accounts preference in Mail). I have the same problem and have just tried that change, though it's too soon to know if that's fixed it. My suspicion is that if the IMAP server is sluggish, the draft email is being saved but not cleared quickly enough and so it appears in the Drafts folder.
    Hope this helps.

  • Mail 3, smtp, IMAP: sent messages are not saved on server

    Hello,
    I had problems using Mail 3 after I upgraded to Leopard, so I used Thunderbird for the time being. With the update 10.5.1 I tried again: most problems solved BUT: sent messages are not saved on the server in mailbox "Sent".
    Some background: I deleted the folder "<User>/Library/Mail" and "<User>/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist" and configured Mail from scratch.
    To be sure: I still have Thunderbird installed, and when I send with Thunderbird: a copy is placed in "Sent".
    Another thing I noticed: it takes more than a minute to send from Mail 3 and a few seconds when I send from Thunderbird. I have another Macbook Pro with 10.5.0 installed: same problem with sending.
    Any help is appreciated.
    rene

    Well, be stumped I did all that, but to be sure, I did it again:
    I have a lot folders with subfolders and they are shown under my account name.
    I created a new folder "test" in my IMAP account and designated it to be the new "Sent" folder. It replaces my previous Sent folder in the group Inbox, Drafts, Trash. My previous Sent folder now appears under my account name as a "normal" folder.
    I send a message and the Activity monitor says: +"Delivering message: copying message"+. After a minute Mail is done. I check my (new) "Sent" folder and it's empty. I double check in webmail: it's empty.
    So I go to the Finder and look in my IMAP folder: <user>/Library/Mail/<IMAP-account>/test.imapmbox and there is no folder "Messages", only Info.plist.
    Then I try to move a message to the "Sent' folder: for a minute the Activity moinor says: Copying messages: copying message" and then Mail prompts: +"The message "testing" could not be+
    +The connection to the server mail.hicetnunc.nl on port 143 timed out"+.
    So it looks like Mail has a problem with the default "Sent" folder: it cannot copy messages to that folder at all! Aha!
    But then I try to move a message to a "normal" IMAP folder: same thing! Mail cannot copy to any folder!
    In both instances Mail says: +"The message "..." could not be be moved to the mailbox "..."+
    +The connection to the server mail.hicetnunc.nl on port 143 timed out"+
    Last thing: I try to move a message to a folder in the same account again. But in the process I quit Mail. I open Mail again and Mail is performing pending operations: copying message. After a while Mail prompts: +"Operation could not be completed. (MFMessageErrorDomain error 1028.)"+ and crashes... I open Mail again and it tries to peform pending operations. Again: an error message and Mail crashes. This keeps going on so I delete the whole account and set it up again. Nothing's changed...
    I can receive and send, but sent messages are not copied to the "Sent" folder and I cannot move messages around within a IMAP account. But TADA!!!: I can move messages from account to account.

  • Sent Messages are not saved in Sent Mailbox

    It was working correctly but suddenly all my sent messages are not saved in the Sent Mailbox. I follow all the Mail Help instructions but nothing seems to work. Hope that someone can help me. I asked for help on december 14 but it was not helpful

    The mailboxes drawer contains all mailboxes under In, Drafts, Sent, Trash and Junk (if you have Junk Mail set to automatic).
    If you have a .Mac or IMAP type account, you also have an account named icon for the .Mac or IMAP type account at the bottom of the mailboxes drawer. It is named by the Account Description you provided/entered for the account under the Account Information tab for the account preferences.
    If you select save Sent messages on the server for a .Mac or IMAP type account, the account's Sent mailbox will be available under the account named icon in the mailboxes drawer along with all other server stored mailboxes.
    To open the account named icon for your .Mac account to reveal the server stored mailboxes including the account's Sent mailbox, select the black triangle beside your .Mac account icon in the mailboxes drawer pointing it down.
    Select the account's Sent mailbox and at the menu bar, go to Mailbox > Use This Mailbox For and select Sent.
    If you deselect store Sent messages on the server for the account preferences, the account's Sent mailbox will be available under Sent in the mailboxes drawer and you can't use "Use This Mailbox For" for mailboxes stored locally on the hard drive. It can only be used for .Mac or IMAP type account mailboxes that are stored on the server.

  • I just switched from Outlook to Mail and now the sent messages are not being displayed.  Help, please.

    I just switched from Outlook to Mail and now the sent messages are not being displayed.  Help, please.

    Back up all data. Rebuild the mailbox.

  • My sent messages are not displayed...what happened and how do I restore?

    My sent messages are not displayed...what happened and how do I restore?

    http://kb.mozillazine.org/Disappearing_mail

  • Sent messages are sometimes not saved

    Hello,
    This is a follow up to this thread, which was never answered and is now archived:
    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2213207
    In Mail.app, using IMAP, my sent messages are sometimes not saved. I'd say about 1 in 20 never appear in my Sent folder. The recipients always receive these messages, so it's not a delivery problem. I just don't retain a copy of them. This is very frustrating if I send a cost estimate to a client, or a detailed description of a technical problem that I need to refer back to later.
    I've rebuilt my mailboxes and I've checked my IMAP folders on the server via a webmail interface, and the messages are not there.
    Has anyone else experienced this? It's hard to believe I'm the only one, but it's hard to search for this problem because my search results are always full of people who have lost or can't save -any- of their sent messages. My problem is intermittent and random.
    Thanks,
    -Arlo

    I have a similar occasional problem with an IMAP account using a Comcast Business Class Exchange server. I use Mail and my iPhone to access the account; I'm running OS X 10.6.4 on my laptop but my "sent messages" issue predates the latest release.
    The first time I noticed this issue I thought, "I'll just access my mail via the Comcast web portal. It'll be in the 'sent' folder there." No dice. The "sent" messages simply never stay on the server, yet my recipients get them.
    It's distressing. First, the solution would appear to be a switch to a MS mail client, which I swore off years ago. Second, I rely on having a "sent" message as a record. I switched off IDLE per your suggestion, Ernie, but otherwise I'm in the same boat as the others here. Please keep this thread alive. I'm hopeful that this can be resolved.

  • Gmail sent messages are being continously moved to Outbox in OS X mail.

    Gmail sent messages are being moved to Outbox in OS X mail. You can not be sure whether they have been sent or going to be sent anyway. No network problems or SMTP problems exist, a variety of IOS and Windows equipment uses gmail without glitches.(OS X 10.9.2)

    This stopped happening as mysteriously as it started for me. The only change made on my end is that I added some seemingly unrelated filter Rules - around the same time (i can't be entirely certain if it stopped before or after the Rule changes) the proble with sent messages being marked as unread stopped. I doubt that the Rules actually had a direct effect, though perhaps it altered the structure of memory enough to stop the bug from occurring (something which I've seen many times in my 40 years of programming).

  • Upon opening Mail this morning to check when I'd sent a draft I wrote yesterday, I noticed all my sent messages are missing.

    Upon opening Mail this morning to check when I'd sent a draft I wrote yesterday, I noticed all my sent messages are missing. I had mail dating back ten years in there. When I go to Time Machine to restore, only today's Sent Mailbox is available. Time Machine has been backing up seamlessly for months, so there should not be a problem finding a backup. What's going on and how do I restore the Sent Mailbox?
    I am using 10.7.4 on a MacBook Pro
    Laura

    Unless your TM drive is messed up, the backups should be there. So relax a bit.
    The mail is stored in your Home Library folder, not the hard drive Library folder. The Home Library folder is hidden in Lion. To get to it, select Go in the Finder and hold the option key down. Select Library in the submenu. A Finder window will open up in your Home Library.
    From there, you will navigate to the Mail folder, then V2 folder. All main mailboxes for each account will be in their account folder. There is another folder called Mailboxes which will store all local folders.
    If you select the V2 folder in the Finder window, then enter TM, you should be able to go back into time.
    Before doing anything else, first open Disk Utility and verify that your hard drive is OK.
    If it is, go into the hard drive and navigate to the Home Library/Mail/V2 folder. Open each mail account and click on the mailbox your messages were in, like the inbox. See if the messages folder contains messages.
    I just want you to see if the mailboxes are in the account folders and that they contain data. If so, we will continue from there. There's no use in trying to restore if there are problems just yet. Let's verify this first, then we will proceed.

  • My text messages are automatically going to my wife's phone and vice versa.  I think I mistakenly added her cell number to my iCloud account.  How do I fix this?

    My text messages are automatically going to my wife's phone and vice versa.  I think I mistakenly added her cell number to my iCloud account.  How do I fix this?

    Settings > Messages > Send and Received > Uncheck any number/email that does not belong to the device
    Note: The little blue (>) will give you an option to remove the number/email from the device
    Note: Check this setting on any device(s) using the same Apple ID

  • Changing where the sent messages are stored

    Hi, I was wondering is there any way you can change where the sent messages are stored. I have switched from a few programs.. and there is a 'sent' folder and ' sent messages' folder on my folder list in addition to that of what mail is putting them in. I just want one folder.

    Sounds like you are accessing an IMAP type account.
    If so, is this the only email account and account type you are accessing with the Mail.app?

  • Windows Live mail - Imported sent messages are incorrectly displaying destination address

    I imported Windows live mail messages from XP to 8.1... everything is ok except for the fact that the "Sent" messages are listed as sent to "the owners address" which is really the "source" address for all these old sent messages....Client
    needs these back to how they were on the XP machine... This is a result of importing using the import tool method from the file menu, and the same result after I did it manually by dragging old files into the new "Windows live mail" sub-directory
    (sent folder).... I think its a setting or something I need to change so I can either redo it....

    VTS
    Windows live mail questions are better asked
    here
    Wanikiya and Dyami--Team Zigzag

  • I have a new 5s - my text messages are coming through on my I-pad but not my new phone - why?

    My 5s developed a fault so Apple gave me a new phone - backed it up with I-cloud but now my text messages are only coming through on my I-pad not my phone and can't work out why?

        chellen,
    We want to provide you all the answers that you need. Verizon Messaging is a great application that we offer. When you logged into the website for the messages did you sign out when you were done? If not it still may assume you are online and wanting to receive messages.
    RobinD_VZW
    Follow us on twitter @VZWSupport

  • HP 6500A Plus will not print black only if any color cartridges are low. It used to. Why not now?

    HP 6500A Plus will not print black only if any color cartridges are low. It used to. Why not now? It will print in color if the black is low but not if any color is low. This is very annoying. Printer is using HP cartridges too.

    Get used to this with HP printers - its a new feature they have introduced to keep running costs lows - works well. Had two HP printers same happened with both of these. Suggest a different brand - they might not have this special feature

  • I do I eject a blank CD stuck in my iMac 10.7.5? The CD does not appear on my desktop. Why not?

    How do I do I eject a blank CD stuck in my iMa 10.7.5? Also, the CD does not appear on my desktop. Why not?

    Here are some ways to eject it, hope this helps.
    Five ways to eject a stuck CD or DVD from the optical drive
    Ejecting the stuck disc can usually be done in one of the following ways:
      1. Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the
          left mouse button or track pad until the disc ejects.
      2. Press the Eject button on your keyboard at power up.
      3. Click on the Eject button in the menubar.
      4. Press COMMAND-E.
      5. If none of the above work try this: Open the Terminal application in
          your Utilities folder. At the prompt enter or paste the following:
            /usr/bin/drutil eject
    If this fails then try this:
    Boot the computer into Single-user Mode. At the prompt enter the same command as used above. To restart the computer enter "reboot" at the prompt without quotes.
    By Kappy

Maybe you are looking for

  • Doubts while creating a Multiprovider

    Hi experts, I have a purchasing cube. Our requirement is to add some more fields in this cube. But i found those extra fields in all the three of my GL cube AR cube AP Cube. So i want to make a multiprovider between purchasing cube and from one of th

  • Error in Generating reports with large amount of data using OBIR

    Hi all, we hve integrated OBIR (Oracle BI Reporting) with OIM (Oracle Identity management) to generate the custom reports. Some of the custom reports contain a large amount of data (approx 80-90K rows with 7-8 columns) and the query of these reports

  • Front End Patch 11

    Hi, We are on BI 7.0 SP 10. I just applied the FEP 11 on my system and now when i run query from Analyzer, the screen freezes ( selection box does not popup as well for queries with selection ). But if i try to create a workbook in design modeby atta

  • Unresponsive cc photoshop opening image from bridge

    OK, just signed up for the cc. I have just tried to open a PSD from Bridge into Photoshop and Photoshop opens, but the image doesn't load, and, and Photoshop is all locked up. What's going on and how do I get it to work?

  • Help please with access code to get into restrictions to delete apps.

    I have an iPad 2. I recently upgraded to 7.0.4.  The new system requires me to go to settings/general/restrictions to delete any apps I do not wish to keep.  This worked fine at first, after the first system upgrade to 7.0. After the last update, 7.0