I'm using Mail.app on Mac OS X 10.6.2 to send and receive mail to my gmail account. I also use my iPhone to send and receive mail on my gmail account.
When I send mail from Mail.app, it shows up fine in my Sent folder on Mail.app. When I send mail from my iPhone, it shows up fine in my Sent folder on my iPhone
However, mail sent from my phone does NOT show up in my Sent folder on my Mac, nor does mail sent from my Mac show up in my sent folder for my phone.
Here are my settings for both:
Mac Mail
- Host: imap.gmail.com
- Outgoing Host: smtp.gmail.com
- Drafts: do NOT store on server
- Sent: do NOT store sent messages on server
- Junk: DO store on server
- Trash: do NOT move deleted messages to the Trash mailbox
- do NOT store deleted messages on the server
iPhone
- IMAP account (not gmail)
- Host: imap.gmail.com
- Outgoing Host: smtp.gmail.com
- IMAP Path Prefix: IMAP
- Deleted Mailbox > On My iPhone > Trash
- Deleted Messages > Remove > Never
In constructing these settings, I generally followed the recommendations on the google website. http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=77702 and http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=78892
The obvious thing might be to check "DO store sent messages on the server" in Mail.app, but that goes specifically against the google recommendation, and if I recall correctly it also leads to copies of all sent emails showing up in the inbox on the iphone.
So what gives? How can I see my Sent mail on my other devices?
Best Answer
"Sent: do NOT store sent messages on server"
Toggle this, and sent items will be stored on the Gmail server, thus enabling you access from both desktop and iPhone.
I would suggest you set all the "Store on server" options to Checked. Google's not always correct, or up to date; although they do try their best. I've never had issues with all the settings to store data on the server in the last 4-5 years Gmail IMAP has been available.
Also, look at what you have set as your Sent folder. In the list of mailboxes, scroll down until you see something like "Gmail" or whatever you named that account. Expand the list. If you see another folder in there with a name similar to "sent", it may be that your missing emails are there. Drag and Drop your known emails to this folder, then select it again, and from the menu, choose Mailbox > Use this mailbox for > Sent. Similarly for trash, junk, and drafts. I find it also helpful when dealing with an Exchange account over IMAP since Outlook on Windows XP has a different naming convention than Apple's mail client software.