Q: Sent mail does not always show in 'Sent' folder
I use the Apple Mail app. and have three mail accounts: BT Internet (IMAP), gmail (IMAP) and my college (Morley College) account (Exchange). When I send a message from my BT account, it sometimes happens that the progress bar shows that it is being sent, then the 'Whoosh' sound indicates that it has been sent, but when I check in the BT 'Sent' folder it is not there (and is still not there after hours or days). I have now checked with one of my contacts to whom I sent mail that failed to show up in 'Sent', and it actually did arrive, but it is still not confidence-inducing when sent mail does not show in the 'Sent' folder.
This does not happen with my gmail and college accounts, which suggests that the problem lies with BT and not with Mail, but I should be very grateful for any information and/or advice about this problem.
Mac mini, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)
Posted on Oct 8, 2014 8:30 AM
Local storage has some limitations, obviously there is no 'sync' available so you won't see those sent messages on your iPhone for example, the second is that disk space is used. But disk space is extremely cheap. Rebuilding the mailbox still works, the mail is read from the local store instead of the server.
For me (as I work off of many devices) local storage is a non starter, but it is a reliable method. (and commonly available on most mail clients) It is the stopgap in case of a failure to save on the server.
Posted on Oct 9, 2014 4:03 AM

