Sent Messages - IMAP Server

For managing my email, I connect to my provider's IMAP server. Is there a way to configure Outlook 2003 so that when you send a message it gets stored in the IMAP server's "Sent Items" folder and not in the Outlook's Personal Folder's "Sent Item." It is annoying to have to move the message manually after you have sent it, but if you do not do it, then you do not have that folder sincronyzed as well.

As you have discovered, Outlook won't let you store the official sent item copy in the IMAP folder. You *can* create a rule though that will automatically create a copy and file that in the IMAP store.

Start with a blank rule and check messages after sending. Use the sending account as the basis for the rule and copy the message to the Sent Item folder in your IMAP store.

--
Athena [MVP]


"Barattolo_67" wrote:

For managing my email, I connect to my provider's IMAP server. Is there a way to configure Outlook 2003 so that when you send a message it gets stored in the IMAP server's "Sent Items" folder and not in the Outlook's Personal Folder's "Sent Item." It is annoying to have to move the message manually after you have sent it, but if you do not do it, then you do not have that folder sincronyzed as well.

Thank you for the suggestion. I will try to do as you advise.

"Athena [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

As you have discovered, Outlook won't let you store the official sent item copy in the IMAP folder. You *can* create a rule though that will automatically create a copy and file that in the IMAP store.

Start with a blank rule and check messages after sending. Use the sending account as the basis for the rule and copy the message to the Sent Item folder in your IMAP store.

--
Athena [MVP]


"Barattolo_67" wrote:

For managing my email, I connect to my provider's IMAP server. Is there a way to configure Outlook 2003 so that when you send a message it gets stored in the IMAP server's "Sent Items" folder and not in the Outlook's Personal Folder's "Sent Item." It is annoying to have to move the message manually after you have sent it, but if you do not do it, then you do not have that folder sincronyzed as well.

"Athena [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:Thank you for the suggestion. I will try to do as you advise.

As you have discovered, Outlook won't let you store the official sent item copy in the IMAP folder. You *can* create a rule though that will automatically create a copy and file that in the IMAP store.

Start with a blank rule and check messages after sending. Use the sending account as the basis for the rule and copy the message to the Sent Item folder in your IMAP store.

--
Athena [MVP]


"Barattolo_67" wrote:

For managing my email, I connect to my provider's IMAP server. Is there a way to configure Outlook 2003 so that when you send a message it gets stored in the IMAP server's "Sent Items" folder and not in the Outlook's Personal Folder's "Sent Item." It is annoying to have to move the message manually after you have sent it, but if you do not do it, then you do not have that folder sincronyzed as well.

I have the same problem with Outlook 2000 (in my case) but I can't configure
a rule to move itens after send emails from a IMAP account.
I just found an option to move messages from a specific account after
receive an e-mail, not after send.

Did you solve your problem? Could you help me?

"Barattolo_67" escreveu:



"Athena [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:Thank you for the suggestion. I will try to do as you advise.

As you have discovered, Outlook won't let you store the official sent item copy in the IMAP folder. You *can* create a rule though that will automatically create a copy and file that in the IMAP store.

Start with a blank rule and check messages after sending. Use the sending account as the basis for the rule and copy the message to the Sent Item folder in your IMAP store.

--
Athena [MVP]


"Barattolo_67" wrote:

For managing my email, I connect to my provider's IMAP server. Is there a way to configure Outlook 2003 so that when you send a message it gets stored in the IMAP server's "Sent Items" folder and not in the Outlook's Personal Folder's "Sent Item." It is annoying to have to move the message manually after you have sent it, but if you do not do it, then you do not have that folder sincronyzed as well.

Dear Athena,

Creating a "copy" rule will raise the problem of havin your sent emails in a
duplicate set. One in the IMAP sent folder and the other in the PST sent
folder.
I tried to look for a "delete" rule to delete the copy in the PST sent
folder. But couldn't find such an option.
Is there such a rule?
And why is Outlook Express so much better in dealing with IMAP accounts than
Outlook. Can't some of these features of automatic creation of sent and draft
folders be incorporated into Outlook?

regards,
Firas.


"Athena [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

As you have discovered, Outlook won't let you store the official sent item copy in the IMAP folder. You *can* create a rule though that will automatically create a copy and file that in the IMAP store.

Start with a blank rule and check messages after sending. Use the sending account as the basis for the rule and copy the message to the Sent Item folder in your IMAP store.

--
Athena [MVP]


"Barattolo_67" wrote:

For managing my email, I connect to my provider's IMAP server. Is there a way to configure Outlook 2003 so that when you send a message it gets stored in the IMAP server's "Sent Items" folder and not in the Outlook's Personal Folder's "Sent Item." It is annoying to have to move the message manually after you have sent it, but if you do not do it, then you do not have that folder sincronyzed as well.

Not if you use Tools | Options to turn off the default sending of a copy to
the Sent Items folder in the default information store.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"Firas A H Al-Abduwani" wrote
in message ...
Dear Athena,

Creating a "copy" rule will raise the problem of havin your sent emails in
a
duplicate set. One in the IMAP sent folder and the other in the PST sent
folder.
I tried to look for a "delete" rule to delete the copy in the PST sent
folder. But couldn't find such an option.
Is there such a rule?
And why is Outlook Express so much better in dealing with IMAP accounts
than
Outlook. Can't some of these features of automatic creation of sent and
draft
folders be incorporated into Outlook?

regards,
Firas.


"Athena [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

As you have discovered, Outlook won't let you store the official sent
item copy in the IMAP folder. You *can* create a rule though that will
automatically create a copy and file that in the IMAP store.

Start with a blank rule and check messages after sending. Use the
sending account as the basis for the rule and copy the message to the
Sent Item folder in your IMAP store.

--
Athena [MVP]


"Barattolo_67" wrote:

For managing my email, I connect to my provider's IMAP server. Is there
a way to configure Outlook 2003 so that when you send a message it gets
stored in the IMAP server's "Sent Items" folder and not in the
Outlook's Personal Folder's "Sent Item." It is annoying to have to move
the message manually after you have sent it, but if you do not do it,
then you do not have that folder sincronyzed as well.

Ah yes,
but if you also have an exchange account (in my case the university's email
address) then you wouldn't want to turn that option off.

so far I have had to use O for univerity's exchange account, and my other
private IMAP accounts accessed using OE.

I would have very much preferred to have then in one email application.
True, Plaxo does a great job in syncronsying my address between the two
applications, but it is not my preferred way of doing things.

It still bewilders me, why MS doesn't allow the same level of IMAP
functionality in its O as it does with its OE.


"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Not if you use Tools | Options to turn off the default sending of a copy to
the Sent Items folder in the default information store.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"Firas A H Al-Abduwani" wrote
in message ...
Dear Athena,

Creating a "copy" rule will raise the problem of havin your sent emails in
a
duplicate set. One in the IMAP sent folder and the other in the PST sent
folder.
I tried to look for a "delete" rule to delete the copy in the PST sent
folder. But couldn't find such an option.
Is there such a rule?
And why is Outlook Express so much better in dealing with IMAP accounts
than
Outlook. Can't some of these features of automatic creation of sent and
draft
folders be incorporated into Outlook?

regards,
Firas.


"Athena [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

As you have discovered, Outlook won't let you store the official sent
item copy in the IMAP folder. You *can* create a rule though that will
automatically create a copy and file that in the IMAP store.

Start with a blank rule and check messages after sending. Use the
sending account as the basis for the rule and copy the message to the
Sent Item folder in your IMAP store.

--
Athena [MVP]


"Barattolo_67" wrote:

For managing my email, I connect to my provider's IMAP server. Is there
a way to configure Outlook 2003 so that when you send a message it gets
stored in the IMAP server's "Sent Items" folder and not in the
Outlook's Personal Folder's "Sent Item." It is annoying to have to move
the message manually after you have sent it, but if you do not do it,
then you do not have that folder sincronyzed as well.

Not so. Create a second "copy" rule to handle items sent through the
Exchange account.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"Firas A H Al-Abduwani" wrote
in message ...
Ah yes,
but if you also have an exchange account (in my case the university's
email
address) then you wouldn't want to turn that option off.

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Not if you use Tools | Options to turn off the default sending of a copy
to
the Sent Items folder in the default information store.


"Firas A H Al-Abduwani"
wrote
in message ...
Dear Athena,

Creating a "copy" rule will raise the problem of havin your sent emails
in
a
duplicate set. One in the IMAP sent folder and the other in the PST
sent
folder.
I tried to look for a "delete" rule to delete the copy in the PST sent
folder. But couldn't find such an option.
Is there such a rule?
And why is Outlook Express so much better in dealing with IMAP accounts
than
Outlook. Can't some of these features of automatic creation of sent and
draft
folders be incorporated into Outlook?

regards,
Firas.


"Athena [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

As you have discovered, Outlook won't let you store the official sent
item copy in the IMAP folder. You *can* create a rule though that
will
automatically create a copy and file that in the IMAP store.

Start with a blank rule and check messages after sending. Use the
sending account as the basis for the rule and copy the message to the
Sent Item folder in your IMAP store.

--
Athena [MVP]


"Barattolo_67" wrote:

For managing my email, I connect to my provider's IMAP server. Is
there
a way to configure Outlook 2003 so that when you send a message it
gets
stored in the IMAP server's "Sent Items" folder and not in the
Outlook's Personal Folder's "Sent Item." It is annoying to have to
move
the message manually after you have sent it, but if you do not do
it,
then you do not have that folder sincronyzed as well.

Thanks a lot Sue!
2 more questions if you don't mind:

1- Is there away of automating marking the messages copied into the IMAP
sent folder as "read"?
2- Why do the emails being forwarded from an IMAP account in Outlook get
flagged with the magnet "reply icon" instead of the blue "forwarded icon"?
3- Is there a way of fixing this flag issue?

regards,
Firas.

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Not so. Create a second "copy" rule to handle items sent through the
Exchange account.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"Firas A H Al-Abduwani" wrote
in message ...
Ah yes,
but if you also have an exchange account (in my case the university's
email
address) then you wouldn't want to turn that option off.

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Not if you use Tools | Options to turn off the default sending of a copy
to
the Sent Items folder in the default information store.


"Firas A H Al-Abduwani"
wrote
in message ...
Dear Athena,

Creating a "copy" rule will raise the problem of havin your sent emails
in
a
duplicate set. One in the IMAP sent folder and the other in the PST
sent
folder.
I tried to look for a "delete" rule to delete the copy in the PST sent
folder. But couldn't find such an option.
Is there such a rule?
And why is Outlook Express so much better in dealing with IMAP accounts
than
Outlook. Can't some of these features of automatic creation of sent and
draft
folders be incorporated into Outlook?

regards,
Firas.


"Athena [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

As you have discovered, Outlook won't let you store the official sent
item copy in the IMAP folder. You *can* create a rule though that
will
automatically create a copy and file that in the IMAP store.

Start with a blank rule and check messages after sending. Use the
sending account as the basis for the rule and copy the message to the
Sent Item folder in your IMAP store.

--
Athena [MVP]


"Barattolo_67" wrote:

For managing my email, I connect to my provider's IMAP server. Is
there
a way to configure Outlook 2003 so that when you send a message it
gets
stored in the IMAP server's "Sent Items" folder and not in the
Outlook's Personal Folder's "Sent Item." It is annoying to have to
move
the message manually after you have sent it, but if you do not do
it,
then you do not have that folder sincronyzed as well.