You re done! From now on every email you send, will be stored to the selected mail folder.Īdditional help: If you having problems when you sending messages with an IMAP account, (e.g. Finally type a name for the new created rule (optionally), and click Finish.ġ1. the 'Sent items' folder) and click OK.ġ0.

At the next screen select move a copy to the specified folder and then click specified to select the destination folder for the messages you send.ħ. Select through the specified account, click specified and select your email account.Ħ.

Select Apply rule on messages I send and click Next.Ĥ. At 'Home' Tab, click Rules -> Manage Rules & Alertsģ. So, to change the Sent items folder for your IMAP account in newer versions of Outlook:ġ. Since Outlook newer versions doesn't allow to change where sent items are stored, the only option you have to bypass this limitation, is to create a new rule and to specify manually the destination folder for the emails you sent. How to Specify where Sent Messages will be stored for an IMAP account in Outlook 2013, 2016 & 2019. Now select the ' Save sent items in the following folder on the server' option, expand the folder list, and then select the folder you want to save the Sent items, or press New Folder to specify a custom folder for saving the Sent emails.In the 'Internet email Settings' window', click the Sent Items tab.From the File menu, click Account Settings -> Account Settings.Select the folder you want from the listed folder (usually the ' Sent Items' folder), or press New Folder to specify a custom folder for saving the Sent emails.Then select the 'Choose an existing folder or create a new folder to save your sent items for this account in' option.

In the 'Internet E-mail Settings' window, click the Folders tab.

Select the IMAP email account and then click Change.

From the Tools menu, click Account Settings.

Info: To change where Mail Messages are stored in previous versions of Outlook, when using an IMAP Account To bypass this problem, continue reading below. But, in newer versions of Outlook (Outlook 2013, 2016 or 2016), you can't change where the sent items are stored. As you may know, in previous versions of Outlook (Outlook 2007 or Outlook 2010), if you used an IMAP account, there was the ability to specify in which folder the Sent mail messages will be stored.

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