Sent messages in Mail.app for IMAP accounts

I just converted my email POP accounts to IMAP. With POP, everything is stored on your computer, right? With IMAP, all the sent messages are stored on the server, and stay there forever if you specify it. But are the sent messages also stored on the computer in the user library? I am using Yosemite OS.

But are the sent messages also stored on the computer
Yes. The copies on your computer will be synched to match the copies on the server. If you disconnect your Mac from the Internet, you will still be able to view the mail prior to the disconnection. It's one of the main advantages that IMAP has over POP.
Note that there are behavior options for the Sent mail folder that change the retention levels:

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I haven't tried this, but it should work:
Make a new rule,
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hello,
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it is not able to connect to my account
Edited by: bhavna84 on Sep 8, 2008 11:10 PM
Edited by: bhavna84 on Sep 8, 2008 11:20 PM

Yes, see my previous post.
He replied:
hello
In your code ur mention IMAP port 888
but by default its 143 so chk your server configuration for IMAP port no.

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I'm wondering if (how?) I'm the only person with this problem...
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Apparently, I was either the only person to have an issue with this, or the only one bothered enough to write to the group!
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Recalling the old trick of using the Option key while selecting a menu item, "Date" changed to "Date Sent". It has not changed back to "Date"; now holding down Option changes it "Date Received", and the menu item continues to read "Date Sent", which is the desired behavior.
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John -- Thank you for your reply.
When we send the email we (our user end) can see the recipients in the BCC field (good)
When the email is delivered they (the recipient) cannot see all the other emails (good)
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I'm not sure I understand you rquestions - It sounds like you want to discontinue your .Mac account but continue to use your .Mac email - I do not believe that that is an option
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I don't know if it is my setup or what but I am experiencing a few deal breaker problems:
1. Mail seems brutally slow AND it seems to send my machine into a state of "powerwork" whilst performing basic tasks like selecting different folders.
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1. Mail seems brutally slow AND it seems to send my machine into a state of "powerwork"...
You have something wrong because you shouldn't experience that.
Selecting back and forth between the 2 inboxes, mail seems to need to sit and think (almost as if to reload the whole folder) just to bring back the mail contents and make the list visible.
I typically just view the top level inbox so that it includes the contents of the inboxes of all my accounts.
If you use the '.Mac type' when defining your .Mac account in Mail, it is also an IMAP account.
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