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628794 2008-01-09 20:26:00 I've got a weird setup with Outlook 2007 which I'm using to manage multiple email accounts. Most are configured to use POP3 + SMTP, however I don't actually use that to retreive the mail, rather just to send messages using that address. By default, saved sent messages go into the "Sent Items" folder.

How can I change it so that all saved messages go into a different folder on a different PST? You can do it with IMAP accounts, but I'd rather not set it up like that.
somebody (208)
628795 2008-01-09 20:51:00 I think with pop accounts, you have to set one account as the default account for sending, so therefore all sent items will go to the folder of the default account. SolMiester (139)
628796 2008-01-09 21:26:00 I think with pop accounts, you have to set one account as the default account for sending, so therefore all sent items will go to the folder of the default account.

All POP accounts will retrieve into the same folder, and store sent messages into the same folder under your "Personal Folders" file. What I actually want to do is to redirect my sent messages to an IMAP folder.
somebody (208)
628797 2008-01-09 21:43:00 Not sure about outlook 2007, but 2003 can't do this - so to redirect my sent email to imap, I renamed my imap sent folder to match what outlook calls it (note you will also need to change this setting in the roundcube config). Erayd (23)
628798 2008-01-09 22:06:00 Make a rule, altho whats the point, you dont want to use Imap. Speedy Gonzales (78)
628799 2008-01-09 22:18:00 Cheers guys. I've just set up a rule which will copy all sent emails to the appropriate folder. somebody (208)
628800 2008-01-09 22:19:00 Make a rule, altho whats the point, you dont want to use Imap.

Because of what I'm doing, I don't really have a choice.
somebody (208)
628801 2008-01-09 23:19:00 ...altho whats the point, you dont want to use Imap.Just out of curiosity, why do you say this?

IMAP beats POP3 hands down performance-wise, you can get at your mail anywhere, and you can take care of backups on the server rather than worrying about them locally. POP3 is comparitively slow, is limited to a single PC, and you need to worry about backing up your local mail store.

There are a lot of other differences, but those are the main ones that most people will care about.
Erayd (23)
628802 2008-01-09 23:25:00 I didnt say it Somebody did in the first post

You can do it with IMAP accounts, but I'd rather not set it up like that.

I've used it myself with Gmail in OL 2007.
Speedy Gonzales (78)
628803 2008-01-09 23:44:00 Gotcha - sorry, I misunderstood slightly what you were saying. Erayd (23)
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