SUMMARY
How to configure alternate Sent Items folders for IMAP configured mailboxes.
DETAIL
Outlook Express - Alternate "Sent
Items" folder for IMAP:
Choose Accounts from the Tools
menu, click on the Mail tab, and select the account that has been configured to retrieve mail from
the IMAP service.
1. Select the Properties button and change to the
IMAP tab.
2. Select the check box next to "Store special folders on IMAP
server"
3. In "Sent Items path" type in the desired sent items folder.
4. Click OK to
save this new configuration.
Outlook 2003 - Alternate "Sent Items"
folder for IMAP:
1. To add a sent-items folder different from the
default "Sent Items" folder, right-click on the IMAP account and
select New Folder...
2. Enter (I.e: sent-mail) in the Name field. Select OK.
3. The folder will now appear under the IMAP
account folder tree in the left-hand preview
pane. Select the folder sent-mail so that it is highlighted
4. From the View
menu, select Arrange By -> Current View -> Customize Current View.... and
select the Fields... button.
5. Select Sent in the
left field. Select Add.
6. Select To in the left field. Select Add.
7.
Sort those items so that To is under From and Sent is under
Received.
8. Use the Move Up/Move Down buttons for each of
those items to get them into position.
9. Select From in the left
field. Select Remove.
10. Select Received in the left field. Select Remove. Select OK
11. Select Options from the Tools menu
and select the E-Mail Options button.
12. Uncheck
the box 'Save copies of messages' in
the Sent Items folder. Select OK
As a last step, you need to set up a rule to save your
sent mail in your sent-mail IMAP folder.
1. Select Rules and Alerts... from the Tools
menu.
2. Select the New Rule... button.
3. Select the Start from a blank
rule button.
4. Select the line 'Check messages after sending'. Select
Next.
5. Select the 'uses the form
name form' checkbox and select the form
name link in the bottom half of this window.
7. Check the box move a copy to the
specified folder.
8. Click specified in the bottom half of this
window.
9. Select the sent-mail folder from your
IMAP account. Select OK.
10. A
pop up window may come up with a warning message about the "folder does not
support Unicode", ignore this and Select OK and
then Next.
11. In the next "Rules Wizard" window there is nothing to configure,
click Next.
12. Name this rule sent-mail. Select Finish.
13. The sent-mail rule
will now appear in the list of rules. If the checkbox is not on, there may
be an error with the rule. Make sure you are online and go back to the Rules
window later to make sure it can be turned on without
an error. Select OK.
MORE INFORMATION
Some mesages may not appear in IMAP Message list when using Outlook Express: http://www.mailenable.com/kb/content/article.asp?ID=ME020312
Outlook Express does not show sent date in Sent Items folder with HTTPMail: http://www.mailenable.com/kb/content/article.asp?ID=ME020279
Product: | MailEnable (Pro-Any Pro-1.X Ent-Any Ent-1.X) |
Article: | ME020352 |
Module: | IMAP |
Keywords: | IMAP,Express,Outlook,Sent,Items,alternate,sent,items,different |
Class: | HOWTO: Product Instructions |
Revised: | Wednesday, May 4, 2016 |
Author: | MailEnable |
Publisher: | MailEnable |