{"id":692,"date":"2011-08-25T15:38:57","date_gmt":"2011-08-25T15:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2011\/08\/25\/set-up-mac-mail-save-sent-items-server\/"},"modified":"2021-08-16T23:53:28","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T03:53:28","slug":"set-up-mac-mail-save-sent-items-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/email\/set-up-mac-mail-save-sent-items-server\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I set up Mac Mail to Save Sent Items on the Server?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you <a href=\"\/support\/email\/set-up-mac-mail\/\">setup Mac Mail<\/a>, by default MacMail will not use the \u201c<strong>Sent<\/strong>\u201d folder on the server to place sent emails in when the server is configured for IMAP. If you wish to have your sent items stored on the server you will need to go through a short, simple process in order to have this done:<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; width: 540px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 3px; border: thin solid #c0c0c0;\"><center><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/macmail_click_folder.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"486\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/macmail_click_folder.jpg\" class=\"optimized-lcp-image\" alt=\"click_folder\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/macmail_click_folder.jpg 486w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/macmail_click_folder-300x244.jpg 300w\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/center> \n<p><b>Step 1:<\/b> First you must select the \u201c<strong>Sent<\/strong>\u201d folder in the left side that is listed under the IMAP folders for the account.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px; width: 540px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 3px; border: thin solid #c0c0c0;\"><center><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/macmail_click_mailbox_sent.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"click_mailbox_sent\" class=\"std_ss\" height=\"528\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/macmail_click_mailbox_sent.jpg\" style=\"border-style: initial; border-color: initial;\" width=\"500\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/center> \n<p><b>Step 2:<\/b> Next, click \u201c<strong>Mailbox<\/strong>\u201d from the menu bar. 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