IMAP Sent

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I'm using an IMAP account on a desktop & a laptop computer (Outlook 2003) and
I have set up a rule to copy messages I send from my sent folder into my IMAP
sent folder. I have selected my IMAP sent folder and gone up to View |
Arrange By | Current View | Sent To, in order to view to whom I sent the
message to. This works great on the computer that I send the message from.

Now when I open Outlook 2003 on my laptop (second computer) and click on the
IMAP sent folder the sent message that was copied to the IMAP sent folder on
the first computer is missing the "sent to" and "Date" information. If I
open the message and then close it the "sent to" and "Date" information
returns and the email is properly organized.

If I logon to the mail server through web mail the information is correct
and If change the IMAP sent folder view back to IMAP view (instead of "Sent
to" view) the date is there but the "To" columb changes to "From" and my name
appears instead of to whom I sent the message to. Very annoying!

The same thing happens if I send from the laptop and view it on the desktop.
Laptop IMAP send folder is OK and desktop IMAP send folder has messages with
missing info to properly organize the sent messages.

I also tried this with more than one IMAP server. Same thing.

Any suggestions??

I know I posted this twice but I don't think my first time was being seen
because of my subject naming.
 
tbrox said:
The same thing happens if I send from the laptop and view it on the
desktop. Laptop IMAP send folder is OK and desktop IMAP send folder
has messages with missing info to properly organize the sent messages.

I also tried this with more than one IMAP server. Same thing.
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As far as I can tell, IMAP folders have no special meaning and so they'll be
viewed using the default Messages view, which showns the From field. Change
the view to the "Sent To" view and Outlook should remember it. Of course,
each separate PC with which you view that folder will need that same
adjustment made, since the view is not stored on the server.
 
Outlook does remember the view settings of "Sent to" and every effected
computer is setup with the same view. (Sent to). The server always reflects
the folder info correctly displaying the information by date with "Sent to"
information. I have tested this on 3 pairs of computers. 2 pairs using the
same server but different email accounts and 1 pair of computers using a
different server. Everytime the results are the same.
 
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