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I've created Sent folders under "on my Mac" in Mail, but when I click on Use this Mailbox for, all the options are grayed out. My sent msgs are currently being stored on the server, but I will run out of room there over the long haul and want to keep msgs. on my Mac. I've unchecked the box for Store Sent Messages on Server.
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.6)
Open Mail preferences, click on Accounts icon in the toolbar. Select your account and click on the Mailbox Behavior tab in the right display panel. Locate the pull-down menu for the Sent mail. Uncheck the option to store on the server.
Your existing Sent mailbox will now be located on your computer. You should now find there are two Sent mailboxes - one on the server and one local. Select all the sent mail from the server side and drag into the local side. When the transfer is completed all your sent mail will be local. You can then delete the Sent mailbox on the server if you want.
Thanks, Kappy, but as you'll note in my initial question I had already unchecked the Store on Server options. Still, I've followed your advice and dragged all my server-stored msgs to the sent folder on my Mac and deleted those sent mail folders on the server. Still when I select the Sent folder on my mac and click on Mailbox - Use This Mailbox For, the options are grayed out and so I cannot click on Sent. Will see what happens. I'm not optimistic.
So I've tried it out, and now it appears my sent messages are being stored nowhere. This is not good.
That is because the Sent mailbox can only be used for sent mail. You cannot select it for any other use hence why the options are ghosted. Why are you trying to do that?
I had read on another forum to do that, and my sent messages are not showing up anywhere, so I'm thinking I need to do something. Help!
How to store Sent msgs on my Mac
