Sent mail lost

I reverted to 10.6.1 after having problems upgrading to 10.6.2 with Adobe and Microsoft apps (slow/beach ball). I did it by restoring from the latest 10.6.1 Time Machine back up. Everything worked fine, except there were some sent emails in Mail that disappeared. All the pre-upgrade email (about 3 days worth) duplicates came in, but the Sent mailbox is empty and none of those came in. No recent sent mails are on the server's webmail. Is there any way to retrieve recent sent mail?

If Mail put the message in Sent, that means the outgoing (SMTP) server told Mail that the message would be delivered. If the message never reached its destination, it could be because the SMTP server didn’t fulfill its promise or because the message was filtered out by either the recipient’s incoming mail server or the recipient’s mail client for some (probably spam-related) reason.
There is no way to determine whether a message you sent was received other than asking the recipient.
Check that your System Preferences > Date & Time settings are correct. An invalid timestamp in the message headers could be the reason one of the servers involved is rejecting those messages.

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Sent mail lost because of Quota

Hi,
Is there a way to retrieve sent mail from a imap account that was not stored on the server becuase of a over quota.
Client is running 10.6.2 server is also running 10.6.2.

Never saw this, but check Mail>Preferences>Accounts>Mailbox behaviors & see if Sent: Erase messages is set to never.
Might try to make a Smart Mailbox that only includes From: = [email protected]

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Hi,
Since switching to IMAP several weeks ago, my Mail app has been very flaky. Some, but not all of my emails never arrive at their destination, and I get no errors either. Also, my 'sent' mail folder sometimes will show mail I've sent, and then it disappears.
From reading on this board, some people mention that the 'sent' mail folder on the server needs to have the same name as the one in Mail.
Well, how do I change that? Mail won't let me change the name of the main 'Sent' folder. Down below on the sidebar, there is another group of folders for each account that has IMAP. There is a 'Sent' folder there too, and I can change the name of it -- but I can't change it to the name that is actually on my server's web mail, which is 'Sent Mail'.
What is going on? Can someone explain to me how this works? I am sick of people never getting my mails and me not knowing it.
Thanks
Bob

I have no idea about the Mail not going as thats unlikely to be a Mail issue but more likely a hosting problem. try sending mail to yourself and also look at the Activity and Connection Doctor windows for clues.
As to the Sent Mail location, I don't know about the advice but my IMAP account has two folders - one called Sent and another called Sent Items. I have no idea what determines when it uses them but mail sent from the mail programme sometimes appears in one or the other.
If you can't find any mail, check you haven't got two similar folders.
Strangely, if I send mail, and check on my iPhone, it appears in yet another IMAP folder called sent which mysteriously empties itself into the other two every time the Mail program opens - until then it stays there on the iPhone.
Go figure ...

Sent mail lost. Not in sent, not in draft, not in outbox!

Hi,
I use IMAP with a gmail account.
I find myself a few times sending e-mails and a few minutes later I check that the mail has not been sent, and it's not in draft either. There is no outbox either, not even showing an outbox. When I check activity down to the left I see "Incoming messages 10 from 23" (or any number) kind of halted, at 0 kb/s... then I need to close mail and open mail again, but my sent messages have been lost!
Then I go to Gmail and the mails are not there. Lost.
This happened a few times, not too much. But that thing of incoming messages halted at 0kb happens EVERY DAY. If I go to Gmail I have a few new e-mails, but my mail is halted. Any thoughts???
Thanks

I am having the identical problem w/ Mail on a 10.5.2 system using IMAP
It has happened twice that I know of- mails reached the recipients but do not exist anywhere else- i have grepped all of the files on the server as well, so they are definitely not getting saved.
our mail setup is bincimap 1.2.13, vpopmail 5.4.24, qmail 1.03
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Error: Can't Save Message also Sent Mail Lost - IMAP

I'm having a problem with one of my IMAP accounts(several mailboxes from the same server) where when I am composing a message...about 2 minutes into writing the message an error pops up saying the message cannot be saved. I hit ok, send message then the sent message is not saved. I've been troubleshooting this problem. It only occurs in the Mac Mail.app with this particular server. The messages are saved when I send them from the server's webmail application and when I use Thunderbird. These are mailboxes associated with my website...so my buisness partner is having the same problem with his account and Mac Mail. Any and all help is greatly appreciated. I've searched this forum and tried several "solutions" including rebuilding the mailbox.
This is really annoying and making it difficult to do buisness.
Thanks folks!

I'm having a problem with one of my IMAP
accounts(several mailboxes from the same server)
where when I am composing a message...about 2 minutes
into writing the message an error pops up saying the
message cannot be saved. I hit ok, send message then
the sent message is not saved. I've been
troubleshooting this problem. It only occurs in the
Mac Mail.app with this particular server. The
messages are saved when I send them from the server's
webmail application and when I use Thunderbird.
Had exactly the same darn problem!
Google helped! :-)))
Enjoy a working system!
http://revoltltd.org/support/helpcenter/howto/applemailimap
Fix Draft, Sent, Trash IMAP Folders In Apple Mail
This How-to describes how to configure Apple Mail to use appropriate folders on the IMAP server for storing Sent and Draft emails.
Apple Mail requires users to set up which folders on the IMAP server should be used for the "Sent", "Drafts", and "Trash" mailboxes.
If a user doesn't set these up they will be unable to see their sent or deleted messages and will get an error message when saving drafts of emails.
To manually assign which folders on the server will be assigned to the Sent, Trash, and Drafts folders, follow these steps for each mailbox name:
1. Click on the IMAP folder in the mailbox drawer
2. Select the menu item "Mailbox-->Use This Mailbox For-->(choose the mailbox name)".
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Mail deleted account lost inbox and sent mail

I was editing an account with on IT(not a MAC user) person yesterday to check my work mail from a diferent server. In the process my old work account got deleted so I lost all of my incoming and sent mail from the account that was deleted.
After that happened I started reading info on mail accounts and it says that will happen.
The question is is there any way to recover those email? I purchased Prosoft data recovery II today and have been looking thru recovered files but can not find what I am looking for.

Since you’ve already read other threads on this subject, I’ll spare you the details.
If the messages are not on the server, and you don’t have a backup, your only option in the case of Mail 2.x is to try to salvage as many deleted *.emlx files as possible with a data recovery tool such as Data Rescue II, TechTool Pro, or FileSalvage (the files to be recovered would be different in the case of Mail 1.x). Of these, the only one I know for sure that can recover deleted *.emlx files is FileSalvage.

Mail lost 'Sent Mails'

Hello,
Mail lost all my sent mails today (only the few that were sent today are in my sent box). I have 3 accounts running through Mail but it's only my .mac account that seems to have a problem. Any suggestions??
Thanks very much,
Genee

Did you have any success resolving this? Same thing happened to me.

Mail indexing and lost sent mail

since yesterday, mail has been repeatedly indexing, always getting stuck on one particular email and taking over 1/2 an hour each time before allowing access to the program. Finally, I was able to run a search and delete the offending email before the indexing hung. I assumed this would resolve the problem. But no. It still gets stuck at the exact same point.
On the next pass I selected rebuild mailbox on the sent mailbox as this is where the particular email was. Now all the sent mail foir that account is gone. Yet indexing still reports as stuck on the very same email as before.
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Help! Migrated from POP to IMAP - Lost Sent Mail!

Hello all,
OK, I messed up. It happens to us all, once in a blue moon (even if I knew better to back up BEFORE I tried something new, and it had been 3 months).
I've been using the Mail App with my Gmail accessed through POP Mail since 2005.
Today, I wanted to make a switch from the Mail app checking my Gmail account with POP to checking it with IMAP. It's the same Gmail account that I previously retrieved with POP, but now wanted to access through IMAP (better syncing ability through multiple machines).
I created a new IMAP account in the Mail Preferences.
I had meant to disable the POP account, but instead...I DELETED THE POP GMAIL ACCOUNT! This stupid accidental mistake has me kicking myself!
As a result, all of my sent mails are gone. My Inbox is synced up like it was before, but NOT my Sent Mail.
The last time I backed up was 3 months ago - so I could retrieve 5 years (minus last 3 months) worth of sent emails.
I've checked my Library / Mail Settings, and the Pop Gmail account is no longer there. That file, that has all my sent mail data, is not in the Trash - it's nowhere to be found.
I can find the file that has all my sent mail on a backup drive. (A .mbox file found in Library / Mail.) Since I have not backed up recently, I'm losing 3 months worth of sent emails.
Any help in retrieving it would be appreciated.
thanks,
Mike

Mike,
Gmail, which is not true POP, captures a copy for the Sent on the server if you use their SMTP -- smtp.gmail.com. To see those messages captured that way requires web mail access and will not be seen by any other email client accessing as POP. I know this to be true, for I tested it when I once used POP with Gmail.
In general your comment is true for POP, as I well know.
Ernie

Mail has lost my incoming mail/sent mail information

I'm running Leopard on my G41Ghz Mac and have been for the last week. This morning when I opened Mail my 3 POP account incoming/sent mail information has disappeared - all I'm left with is my .Mac trial account and my original folders in the 'On my Mac' area. My .Mac trial started a week ago so this is something new.
I can see the 3 POP folders in my Home/Library/Mail/POP'name' and I have a backup copy but Mail won't open them.
How can I restore my accounts?

ok, so here is what I would suggest you do:
1) assuming you have lots of emails in the inbox/sent... mailboxes that vanished, then go to file>import and follow the instructions to import each of the mailboxes from each of the three pop accounts, pointing the import to the right path/location. Leopard Mail will import these emails to a mailbox created for that effect named import...
2) go to mail>preferences>accounts and recreate each pop account manually. once done then go to your imports and move the emails imported to their rightful place in inbox/sent... for each of the accounts.
hope this helps

Lost sent mail

the other day i logged on and went searching for old sent mail to my suprise sent mail from mid Nov 06 to the end of Feb 07 is gone - has anyone seen anything like this before

Welcome to Apple Discussions
The Mail Database, found in your User Library>Mail, is indexed. Sometimes the index can become corrupted leading to slow performance and/or "missing" information. Have a look at this recent MacWorld article, offering helpful suggestions for rebuilding the index.
Usually, aside from index issues, mail can only be deleted by User decision. With that said, have you tried using the Mail spotlight panel to search for the sent e-mails? Have you looked in Mail's Delete folders? If the mail in question is no where to be found, follow the suggestions in the MacWorld article, remembering to make a copy of your Mail folder first via the Finder (Apple Key + D).
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Sent mail going to inbox, all replies as separate emails

downloaded thunderbird to new computer. three big problems: 1 - address book has been lost 2 - all sent mail is going both to sent mail folder ans also to inbox 3 - all replies and conversations are showing up as separate emails instead of being part of one email thread. i.e., it is a total mess. I have configured the settings correctly I believe. what is going on?

Hmmmm...... perhaps if you took the time to read instructions.
Did you save the add-on XPI file and install it in Thunderbird like the instructions said. Or try and install it in Firefox, get the inevitable failure and complain here that it is not compatible. The web site offers instructions. Perhaps if you read these. http://chrisramsden.vfast.co.uk/3_How_to_install_Add-ons_in_Thunderbird.html That add-on works with the current version.
"You don't recall any read only" Right click any file you copied off the DVD. Select properties and there you have a read only flag.
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Can't Sync IMAP Sent Mail on E72 and other issues!

Has anybody any idea why Nokia felt it a good idea to release a phone with a mail client, that supports IMAP, but DOESN'T sync your sent mail? It is such a ridiculous omition that I am lost for words. I actually recommended the E71 to our IT department a few years ago but the mail client was so poor, we ended up getting 15 phones and 15 Profimail licences. The IT department have asked me to recommend the next phone as the E71 was a big hit and I asked them to get me this E72 to test. It is with great reluctance that I am going to try the iphone instead and recommend that as I believe the mail client on it is very good and the E72's is totally hopeless unless you go through the Nokia Messaging server, which obviously a corporate isn't going too. Before I knee jerk though, has anyone else had this issue and found a way around it?
Also, the predictive text is shocking now, the web browser is so buggy and closes without warning due to memory issues all the time.
Oh, the optical control pad is dreadful and totally useless and the select key also doesn't work in off-line mode, so the E72 is useless on a plane.
Nice to see that Nokia took the very good E71, played with it, broke it, made it far worse and buggy, stuck a new case on then released it as the E72. I remember the days that a Nokia phone worked from the minute you bought it, but now with firmware updates Nokia feel they can release half baked phones by the dozen, monthly. Pathetic.
Oh, and this is the latest firmware, too!
And one other thing, OVI Suite, PC Suite and the umpteen other applications that all do useful things....can Nokia not just release one main PC support app that works and has ALL the features under one roof? I have to installed them all on my PC as well as loads of other sync and office apps on the phone (like OVI Files) just to do the obvious things that you use a modern smartphone for.
Nokia, there is a very obvious reason why you are losing market share at the moment, and it isn't because people trust Google or like DRM and fruit pictures on their phones. Get a grip will you?
If anyone can help primarily with the Sent Mail sync issue in Nokia Email (without suggesting I route all my mail through Nokia's unreliable servers and divulge all my passwords), I would be very Grateful Indeed.

I had a number of problems setting up Google Apps with my phone. Mail, Calendar and Tasks were not syncing.
Mail
Ok here is the solution to your sent mails problem. I have spent far too long setting up google apps to sync properly with my new E72 (latest software installed). It really is a superb phone but if Nokia is not going to fully support integration with Google Apps with a simple app then Android and Blackberry will simply take over for Apps users. It really isn't up to Google to solve this its up to Nokia. Are you going to move from Google Apps or change your phone????
I have gmail and business google apps accounts and both are now syncing properly with what seems to be pretty good Nokia email software on the phone. This is allowing me to receive, send, view attachments, view sent mail etc. Here are the steps I took from the beginning.
1. Enable IMAP for the google accounts. Couldn't get anything to work otherwise.
2. Follow this instruction https://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=78887
3. Your inbox should now be working however you now need to map the folders you want to see on your mobile. While at your inbox go to >settings>mailbox settings>what to sync>folder subscriptions.
4. Click on Gmail and highlight the folders you want to see
5. Go back to your inbox and go to the dragdown list of folders and highlight 'More Folders'. Under 'Gmail' you will find your sent items along with attachments etc. Problem solved. Its not a pretty solution but at this stage like me you just want something that works.
Calendar
This was a nightmare and I am now running a third party app called Googasync which is working fine. In 10 days time I will need to buy this so if someone knows how to setup calendar syncing properly without it please let me know.
Tasks
Googasync will not sync Tasks and I don't know if there is any app out there that will. If someone can help please let me know. Surely this should be pretty simple!?!?!
By the way I mailed Nokia support last Thursday on the above but have not received a reply.
In summary its a great phone and I've moved from a Blackerry Bold to it but I shouldn't be spending days finding workarounds!!

Saving sent mail to a different IMAP folder?

I'm in the process of consolidating several IMAP accounts into one, in the hopes of improving Mail.app's performance (most notably by decreasing the number of mailboxes that make up my unified inbox).
Overall it should work but there's a problem: I want to be able to continue sending mail from multiple email addresses, saving each sent message to my single account's sent mail folder on the IMAP server. I'm not sure how to do this. I can set up several "dummy" POP accounts to allow sending from multiple addresses, but then the sent mail is just saved locally. I can keep multiple IMAP accounts and turn off automatic checking, but then I'm still checking all those mailboxes when I look in my unified inbox or sent mail folder.
The simplest approach would simply be a way to define several "from" addresses in Mail.app and send them all through the same account...but I don't see any way to do this.
Any ideas? Thanks.

The question is, are you trying to solve an actual problem that you have? If you're experiencing performance issues, it could be that there is something wrong with the index, which you can re-create as follows:
1. Quit Mail.
2. In the Finder, go to ~/Library/Mail/. Make a backup copy of this folder, just in case something goes wrong -- e.g. by dragging it to the Desktop while holding the Option (Alt) key down.
3. Locate Envelope Index and move it to the Trash. If you see an Envelope Index-journal file there, delete it as well.
4. Move any "IMAP-", "Mac-", or "Exchange-" account folders to the Trash. Note that you can do this with IMAP-type accounts because they store mail on the server and Mail can easily re-create them. DON'T trash any "POP-" account folders, as that would cause all mail stored there to be lost.
5. Open Mail. It will tell you that your mail needs to be "imported". Click Continue and Mail will proceed to re-create Envelope Index -- Mail says it's "importing", but it just re-creates the index if the mailboxes are already in Mail 2.x format.
6. As a side effect of having removed the IMAP account folders, those accounts may be in an "offline" state now. Do Mailbox > Go Online to bring them back online.
Also, go to System Preferences > Network > Show: Network Port Configurations, and make sure that the configuration used to connect to Internet appears at the top of the list.
Note: For those not familiarized with the ~/ notation, it refers to the user's home folder, i.e. ~/Library is the Library folder within the user's home folder.

Sent mail does not display!

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