Sent mail - Imap and Pop

Hi,
Until recently I was using Gmail Pop on Apple Mail for my emails. I am now using Imap and things seem to have gotten a bit more complicated.
I would still like to use Gmail Pop on a different computer as backup system. I just opened the Pop Gmail and noticed that while I was able to download all the messages I had sent through Gmail Webmail, I cannot retrieve the messages I sent from Apple Mail (Gmail Imap) directly. All the messages do appear however on the Gmail webmail sent folder (well, I guess I should say label, since Gmail does not use folders).
(Just for clarification, the Webmail sent messages always showed up in my Inbox so, as it was the case in the past, I have to drag them manually to the sent folder. Might not be the the best solution but I am ok with this).
I have the feeling this might have to do with Gmail labels or something like it. Perhaps there is a way of labelling Gmail Imap sent messages in a way that can be downloaded to the Pop account. I would really like to download to my Mail Pop account all my Gmail sent messages.
Thanks,
Pablo

I looked in my user folder and for one important pop account there are two folders:
one has the domain name after the user name and inside that there is a sent messages folder with mbox messages.
However when I was setting the account up it failed and I had to put an IP number in the incomming mail server box to get it online. That account is listed inside my mail folder as well but has no messages.
How do I get them to merge?

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Imap and POP not working together properly

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...

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.
<hr>
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).

I am a BT Yahoo customer using Apple Mail, on iMac, iPad iPhone, 4 to 8 times a week sent mail is not delivered into the sent mail box and I have no record of the sent e-mail or its content. BT say it's an apple problem. Any help would be appreciated. Ted

I am a BT Yahoo customer using Apple Mail, on iMac, iPad iPhone, 4 to 8 times a week sent mail is not delivered into the sent mail box and I have no record of the sent e-mail or its content. BT say it’s an apple problem. Any help would be appreciated. Ted

Hello,
Are they just regular size eMails?
Do you have more than one eMail account setup?
Next time it happens, get...
Find Any File...
http://apps.tempel.org/FindAnyFile/
Hold Option or alt key when selecting Find to Find All.
Use it to Find All, for Name ends in...
.emlx
(dot ee em el ex)
And Modification Date, is within, the last 5 minutes or whatever.

When I reply to an email, instead of sending it to the recipient, it sends it back to me. I've checked the sent mail folder and the reply is not there either.

When I reply to an email, instead of sending it to the recipient, it sends it back to me. I've checked the sent mail folder and the reply is not there either. Replying used to work fine, but all of my replies are sent to my inbox, instead of going to the recipient. I've made sure that the recipient's email address is in the send to box.

Read please this posted by Tanzim
Cause of the issue
Gmail webmail accounts do not have separate sent items and inbox folders. The Gmail account web page contains a Sent Mail link on the left side, but this is not a separate folder from the inbox. Gmail webmail messages are grouped into conversations, resulting in all sent messages and replies from others appearing as a single email message entry in the inbox. This allows for easy reading and viewing on the Gmail web page, but, when integrated with the BlackBerry Internet Service account, results in copies of sent email messages arriving on the BlackBerry smartphone as new email messages.
Resolution
To prevent sent messages from returning to the BlackBerry smartphone each time, create a filter in the BlackBerry Internet Service account to block the sending of those messages to the BlackBerry smartphone.
To create a filter, perform the following:
Log in to the BlackBerry Internet Service account. For instructions on how to log in to the BlackBerry Internet Service account, see KB03781.
Click the Filters icon next to the integrated Gmail account.
Click Add a Filter to create a new filter.
Configure the filter so that email messages are not sent to the BlackBerry smartphone if the email message originates from the Gmail webmail account integration:
Type a name for the filter into the Filter Name field. For example, My sent Gmail email messages.
Set the Apply filter when field to "FROM" field.
Type the Gmail webmail address into the Contains field. For example, <user name>@gmail.com>.
Select the radio button beside Do not forward messages to device.
Click Add Filter.
Note: After creating this filter, email messages will not be received on the BlackBerry smartphone if sent from the Gmail webmail account.
Source: KB10332 (with graphical depiction)
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Since yesterday something is screwed up because when I try to fetch new email I only see "Checking for Mail" at the bottom of the screen but nothing happens and new emails don't show up.
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OK;
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This has been well publicized and I have even asked about it before, but got no reply. What is the problem with Mail Notes being duplicated in an enormous volume. Is it just the way IMAP works or is it a Gmail thing or just me being the problem not setting up something correctly? I would love to use notes but Mail repeatedly makes copies in my Gmail folder and in my inbox. I just want one copy in my inbox accessible anywhere(e.g. iPhone) without a ton of copies to deal with. I have tried switching some settings around like the "don't store this thing on the server" setting but nothing works.
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I am using the Mail program in Tiger (Mac OS X 10.4.3) with an IMAP account. I am wondering how you set up the preferences so that the e-mails that you send (outgoing) are stored locally on my computer and also on the server (so that I can .
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best of luck,
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Hello,
We recently moved our frontend server over to Exchange 2013. So now both internally and externally all mail traffic will flow through the new servre. After battling issue after issue I was able to get the new exchange environment working as it should. The
only problem is that IMAP and POP3 logins do not work for 2013 mailboxes. It works fine for 2010 but not 2013. Here are the results from the testconnectivity website:
The IMAP service is being tested.
There was an error testing the IMAP service
Additional Details
Secured: CN=mail.domain.com, OU=Unified Communications, O=Companhy, POBox=United States, S...
S: * OK The Microsoft Exchange IMAP4 service is ready.
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S: * CAPABILITY IMAP4 IMAP4rev1 AUTH=PLAIN UIDPLUS CHILDREN IDLE NAMESPACE LITERAL+
1 OK CAPABILITY completed.
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S: 2 NO LOGIN failed.
C: 3 LIST "" *
S: 3 BAD Command received in Invalid state.
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at Microsoft.Exchange.Tools.ExRca.Tests.ImapPop.ImapProtocolTester.SendCommand(String command, String logString)
at Microsoft.Exchange.Tools.ExRca.Tests.ImapPop.BaseProtocolTest.PerformTestReally()
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Name : 1
MaxCommandSize : 10240
ShowHiddenFoldersEnabled : False
UnencryptedOrTLSBindings : {[::]:143, 0.0.0.0:143}
SSLBindings : {[::]:993, 0.0.0.0:993}
InternalConnectionSettings : {MAIL4.domain.com:993:SSL, MAIL4.domain.com:143:TLS}
ExternalConnectionSettings : {}
X509CertificateName : mail.domain.com
Banner : The Microsoft Exchange IMAP4 service is ready.
LoginType : SecureLogin
AuthenticatedConnectionTimeout : 00:30:00
PreAuthenticatedConnectionTimeout : 00:01:00
MaxConnections : 2147483647
MaxConnectionFromSingleIP : 2147483647
MaxConnectionsPerUser : 16
MessageRetrievalMimeFormat : BestBodyFormat
ProxyTargetPort : 143
CalendarItemRetrievalOption : iCalendar
OwaServerUrl :
EnableExactRFC822Size : False
LiveIdBasicAuthReplacement : False
SuppressReadReceipt : False
ProtocolLogEnabled : True
EnforceCertificateErrors : False
LogFileLocation : C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15\Logging\Imap4
LogFileRollOverSettings : Daily
LogPerFileSizeQuota : 0 B (0 bytes)
ExtendedProtectionPolicy : None
EnableGSSAPIAndNTLMAuth : True
Server : MAIL4
AdminDisplayName :
ExchangeVersion : 0.10 (14.0.100.0)
DistinguishedName : CN=1,CN=IMAP4,CN=Protocols,CN=MAIL4,CN=Servers,CN=Exchange Administrative Group
(FYDIBOHF23SPDLT),CN=Administrative Groups,CN=Company,CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=willowcreek,DC=org
Identity : MAIL4\1
Guid : 593e53d7-64e5-4170-b897-47b1af944a5b
ObjectCategory : domain.com/Configuration/Schema/ms-Exch-Protocol-Cfg-IMAP-Server
ObjectClass : {top, protocolCfg, protocolCfgIMAP, protocolCfgIMAPServer}
WhenChanged : 2/4/2015 8:45:39 AM
WhenCreated : 1/22/2015 1:48:43 PM
WhenChangedUTC : 2/4/2015 2:45:39 PM
WhenCreatedUTC : 1/22/2015 7:48:43 PM
OrganizationId :
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IsValid : True
ObjectState : Unchanged
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There was an error testing the IMAP service
Additional Details
Secured: CN=mail.willowcreek.org, OU=Unified Communications, O=Willow Creek Community Church, POBox=United States, STREET=67 E Algonquin Road, L=South Barrington, S=IL, PostalCode=60010, C=US
S: * OK The Microsoft Exchange IMAP4 service is ready.
C: 1 CAPABILITY
S: * CAPABILITY IMAP4 IMAP4rev1 AUTH=PLAIN UIDPLUS CHILDREN IDLE NAMESPACE LITERAL+
1 OK CAPABILITY completed.
C: 2 LOGIN ssimpson <password>
S: 2 NO LOGIN failed.
C: 3 LIST "" *
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Microsoft.Exchange.Tools.ExRca.Tests.ImapPop.MailProtocolException: 3 BAD Command received in Invalid state.
at Microsoft.Exchange.Tools.ExRca.Tests.ImapPop.ImapProtocolTester.SendCommand(String command, String logString)
at Microsoft.Exchange.Tools.ExRca.Tests.ImapPop.BaseProtocolTest.PerformTestReally()
Elapsed Time: 1829 ms.
The IMAP service is being tested.
There was an error testing the IMAP service
Additional Details
Secured: CN=mail.willowcreek.org, OU=Unified Communications, O=Willow Creek Community Church, POBox=United States, STREET=67 E Algonquin Road, L=South Barrington, S=IL, PostalCode=60010, C=US
S: * OK The Microsoft Exchange IMAP4 service is ready.
C: 1 CAPABILITY
S: * CAPABILITY IMAP4 IMAP4rev1 AUTH=PLAIN UIDPLUS CHILDREN IDLE NAMESPACE LITERAL+
1 OK CAPABILITY completed.
C: 2 LOGIN ssimpson <password>
S: 2 NO LOGIN failed.
C: 3 LIST "" *
S: 3 BAD Command received in Invalid state.
Microsoft.Exchange.Tools.ExRca.Tests.ImapPop.MailProtocolException: 3 BAD Command received in Invalid state.
at Microsoft.Exchange.Tools.ExRca.Tests.ImapPop.ImapProtocolTester.SendCommand(String command, String logString)
at Microsoft.Exchange.Tools.ExRca.Tests.ImapPop.BaseProtocolTest.PerformTestReally()
Elapsed Time: 1829 ms.

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> login jchong password (make sure you type a preceding character first like the > sign)
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James Chong MCITP | EA | EMA; MCSE | M+, S+ Security+, Project+, ITIL msexchangetips.blogspot.com

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[email protected]

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