Outlook 2016 windows manual setup for imap this page is showing a generic answer. Outlook 2003 setting up an imap account so that sent messages dont appear under personal folders hi, i am using outlook 2003. For some reason when i send an email using the imap account the mail appears in the sent items folder in the personal folders section rather than the sent items in the imap account how can this be rectified. You will learn how to configure each folder with its own auto archive settings or apply the same settings to all folders, how to archive in outlook manually, and how to create archive folder if it doesnt appear automatically. Imap sent mail for outlook 2002 xp 2003, voodish articles. Imap works fine and all folders are synchronized with the exception of the sent items folder. This feature does not work with imap email in outlook express. What method, software application, addon, can be used to move sent items with attachments out of the sent items folder into a custom folder. I do not want folders like inbox and sent items to be merged.
In this article, we will teach you how to get rid of the default folder structure. In the sent items tab, mark the save sent items in the following folder on the server option. How to synchronize outlook sent items folder using imap. I search for some reference and finally get a method to fix it. I assume that it may be synchronizing the imap folders. Configure and use imap accounts outlook and exchange.
Therefore, if you do not disable the autoarchive feature in outlook 2003 or outlook 2007 and upgrade to outlook 2010 or later versions, the autoarchive feature remains enabled. Designed for existing customers who are already somewhat. Expand the imap folder list and choose the sent folder. To set up your outlook 2003 client to work with aol. Click the radio button labeled choose and existing folder or create a new folder to save your sent items for this account in. Every account is configured that then you send mail from one of acc, mail is saved in that acc sent items folder. When using imap, the server organises emails into folders e. As i have started working on outlook 2019, i want them in my new system. Outlook express alternate sent items folder for imap. You can manually empty it at any time by rightclicking on the. Change where sent email messages are saved when using an exchange account.
Select manual setup or additional server types and click on next. To configure imap folder subscriptions in microsoft outlook 2003. The default configuration for outlook means that only those folders which you are subscribed to will be displayed in the list of folders in outlook e. Outlook should ask what sent folder you want to use the first time you use an imap account. If the microsoft outlook startup wizard appears, on the first page of the wizard, click next. The outlook 2003 client has passed the end of its life cycle. Outlook 20 tries to determine the folder automatically but sadly often fails for several imap server implementations. You have three options when you use the send email command in. Creating a rule in outlook to save imap sent items to server. It can be very frustrating realizing that the pop3 account in outlook is set up to only download the items from the owa inbox and not the sent box.
Using many computers with different computers, now i have many folders. To have items file instead into a folder in the imap hierarchy, you can use the rules wizard, as described in the article at how to save sent items on an imap server. The journal folder 6 months the sent items folder 2 months. Only you see this entry in outlook, and will distinguish this account from other. I have outlook 2003 installed on a system that has an imap account an a legacy pst pop 3 account. Manual way to solve outlook 2007 deleted items folder missing there might be some unknown factors that can provide unavailability of deleted folder in outlook 2007 data files. This is the outlook 2003 screen which appears by default. As a folder, select the default folder for sent emails, in this case sent items. Howto set up imap with folders trash, sent mail and drafts. When you set the root folder path option in your account settings, outlook will usually recognize the correct folders. Outlook 2003 imap folder subscriptions outlook2003imap.
Before you can tell outlook to place the mail into the sent items folder you will need to subscribe to that folder. If this does not happen you can get the folders manually in a belowmentioned way in case of outlook 200371016 deleted items folder missing. This video shows you how to set up your imap email account to save your sent items to a folder on your server rather than on your pc. Sent in imap folders versus sent items folder not on. From office 2003 click on the tools from the menu bar, and select email accounts, from there click on view or change email accounts. Setting the sent items folder for imap accounts in outlook. On that tab, check the box at the bottom of the form that says save sent items to a folder on this computer. Switch to the sent items tab and select the sent folder. Merge outlook folders with no duplicates emails, contacts. By default, older outlook items archived automatically on a regular interval. Outlook will save a copy of any mail that you send in the sent items folder.
Create two separate profiles for outlook with business contact manager 2003. When the server tries to determine the folder and fails, here are a few guidelines to help you sync the sent mails manually in outlook. You will be able to use outlook to view items placed in these folders by webmail, though. Saving your sent items to the sent items folder of an imap account is possible directly via your account settings when you are using outlook 2007 or outlook 2010. Also there is default outlook data file, because you can not set imap acc as default.
Ive been able to download emails to thunderbird inbox using pop3 and it all goes to my inbox. For your imap accounts on outlook 2010, go to account settings, change, more settings then select sent items tab. This guide will show you how to setup microsoft office outlook 2007, 2010 or 20 to access your hotmail or email account using the imap protocol. Select the folder where you want to store the sent items in. You can use these methods with outlook 20 or outlook 2003 and earlier to save imap sent items on the imap server. However, i cant download the other folders, like sent folder, or custom folders that i. It is not unusual for an email i just sent from outlook to appear briefly in the sent items folder right after sending it and then vanish for a few seconds, or a minute, then reappear. Click query, which should allow you to see all of the imap folders.
The problem is that the to name in the send folder is blank by default, untill she clicks on it, when it then appears. She uses outlook 2003 and the gmail account is set up as an imap account on there. Outlook 2003 set up with gmail imap account problem in. How to get rid of the default folder structure for imap. How to archive in outlook automatically or manually. Recently sent email disappears from outlook sent items.
Outlook 2003 setting up an imap account so that sent. When you send an email message in microsoft outlook, the message may remain in your outbox folder as shown in the following figure. Beginning with outlook 2007, you can select a sent items folder for imap accounts. Open outlook and click and highlight the imap folder labeled inbox.
As outlook 2003 and previous do not have support for assigning a sent items folder at the mail account level, we must emulate it via a message rule. Then, all of a sudden i noticed that when i deleted an email from my inbox or any other folder in outlook, it just disappeared. First make sure there is a sent items folder in your imap mailbox. Keeping your sent mail folder in sync is a straightforward concept, but unfortunately in practice, many mail applications work to undermine its simplicity. The rules wizard only creates a copy and marks it unread. Imap accounts configured in outlook always stick to its original folder structure, which is greatly different from other kinds of accounts, such as pop3. Click on the inbox folder with the name of your po. Outlook will move deleted messages into the deleted items folder. On main server there are inbox, sent, trash, drafts, infected items, etc.
Choose imap as your server type by clicking the radio button, and click next. All messages should use the same sent items folder, irregardless of how you started the message. There are multiple imap accounts which always work from the inbox folder. Here i will share the method to prevent duplicate sent items for gmail imap account in microsoft outlook 2010 and 20. In outlook express, i can change the folder that sent emails are placed in to sent instead of sent. This works for a while then the sent mail starts being saved to the outlook data file sent items folder or the sent items folder on my ms outlook. But here we arrange some tricks about how to change the default sent item folder, and save sent email messages into alternative folders in. The tutorial explains how to archive emails in outlook 20, outlook 2016 and other versions. Change where sent email messages are saved outlook. Your email will be sent to your application in regularly intervals using imap. So all those important replies that are lying in owas sent folder are stuck there unless i want to manually forward them to myself. Outlook 2010 keeps changing sent messages folder windows.
Microsoft outlook 2007 deleted items folder missing. To learn more about autoarchive, see use autoarchive to back up or delete items. Outlook 2010, many imap accounts, mail goes to default. Outlook 2003 and imap deleted emails not going to trash. Imap for outlook 2002 and 2003 tiger technologies support. I have outlook 2010 set up on 3 pcs to save sent mail items in a particular folder on an imap mail server. Select the properties button and change to the imap tab. To add a sentitems folder different from the default sent items folder, rightclick on the imap account and select new folder.
Enable the option save sent items in the following folder on the server. In sent items path type in the desired sent items folder. Outlook 2003 and previous as outlook 2003 and previous do not have support for assigning a sent items folder at the mail account level, we must emulate it via a message rule. By default, a copy of each message that you send is saved in the sent items folder when you reply to or forward an email message that is saved in any folder other than the inbox, you can configure outlook to save a copy of the sent message in the same folder as the original message. Likewise, outlook will not store drafts and sent mail in the server drafts and sent folders. 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. In outlook 2007 and outlook 2010, imap users choose the sent items folder but it only uses the designated folder when you start the message in outlook. Select the sent items folder under the mailbox account youve just created, not under personal folders and click the ok button. The outlook 2003 window the first time you open outlook 2003 your window may look like the window below. Some of the items i send end up in sent items, but most most in the imap server sent.
Try sending yourself a test email message to make sure it works. But in most of the cases, missing deleted folder can be extracted by using following manual methods. But i also have under outlook and in favorites a folder called sent items. By default, the sent messages from all your accounts are saved in the default sent items folder in outlook. When this problem occurs, the message remains in your outbox folder until you manually initiate a sendreceive operation for example, press f9 or click sendreceive. Im currently using email from place that uses the outlook web interface. As you know, sent email messages are saved into the sent items folder automatically. Recently, when i send an email via a gmail imap account in microsoft outlook, double sent email copies are saved in the sent items folder automatically. How to sync sent mail across devices xneelo help centre. Dell d800 laptop running xp pro with office 2003 pro and outlook 2003. When sent items are saved on the server, it doesnt clear the outbox even though it sends the message. For example, you may want to keep items in your sent folder longer than items in your inbox folder. Okay, if this comes up again, here is how to make imap account work with outlook 2003 that is not on an exchange server.
Problem with imap accounts on outlook 2003 solutions. I configured outlook for a imap connection to gmail. In outlook 2003 you need to use a rule to move messages to the sent folder of the imap account. Setting up imap email and sent items folder youtube. Support for this does not exist in outlook 2003 and previous. Hello, i am running outlook 2003 on a windows xp machine. Add your aol mail account to outlook 2003 using imap. If you have an imap account and use a file, send by email command in other applications, the sent message is stored in the local sent. Email stays in the outbox folder until you manually. Outlook 20 automatically saves your sent mails in the sent items file for gmail users, theres a gmail imap that automatically saves the sent mails to sent file.
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