Re: [Evolution] Gmail + Sent Messages to a local folder

[Tom <tom prost-net de>]

Am Donnerstag, den 24.03.2016, 18:02 +0000 schrieb Pete Biggs: 
> (...)

> Gmail itself (not Evolution)
> saves a copy of every email you send through it, independent of any
> settings in Evolution.  So you *should not* tell Evolution to save sent
> mail on the server for Gmail accounts - not only is it unnecessary to
> do so, but I think it might well cause confusion when you have two
> copies of every message sent.
>
> For Gmail accounts you should configure Evolution to store sent
> messages in a local folder, normally "On This Computer/Sent".
>
> This is the advice from both Google and the Evolution team.
>
> (If you don't use Gmail's SMTP server, then this doesn't apply.)

So, let's state, all the following is about using Gmail's SMTP server.
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> It is on-topic in so much as it might be necessary to explain some of
> the odd behaviour of Gmail accounts - but it is not Evolution specific,
> any IMAP client suffers from the same problems.

Hoping we get together some explanations of the odd behaviour of Gmail
accounts. First of all, I'd like to show, how I set up my account in
Evolution, so the reader knows we're talking about - maybe - some
special setup. 
>
(...) 
> >
> You would be better using some image service and pasting a link

http://picpaste.com/gmail-oX5lUrUP.png

"Gesendet" is the "SENT" folder which I pointed to -->
http://picpaste.com/g-accounteditor-X41MyXs2.png
Hope you non-german recognize what's called account editor (or so).

So I did the forbidden (?) - but it works with no difficulties :-o