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My IMAP sent email is not syncing between different computers

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Steevo
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I read through the questions like this, some identical, that have already been answered. I did the steps, selecting subscribe on the sent folder on the computer with missing sent mail, clicked download and I did not get the missing sent message that was sent on another computer yesterday. I do have all my incoming mail for the account. This is a gmail account, windows 10 and 11.

So I guess I have no idea what's wrong. I think the sent message should be on the gmail server since it went through there. I just looked, it is. And on the gmail webmail it is marked INBOX, a gray square. I looked at the incoming mail in inbox that I had replied to and there it is. This is on the gmail webmail. But in thunderbird, the reply is not appended. And it's not in sent on a synced system. Something Google decided to do with their webmail that is not supported by Thunderbird?

I read through the questions like this, some identical, that have already been answered. I did the steps, selecting subscribe on the sent folder on the computer with missing sent mail, clicked download and I did not get the missing sent message that was sent on another computer yesterday. I do have all my incoming mail for the account. This is a gmail account, windows 10 and 11. So I guess I have no idea what's wrong. I think the sent message should be on the gmail server since it went through there. I just looked, it is. And on the gmail webmail it is marked INBOX, a gray square. I looked at the incoming mail in inbox that I had replied to and there it is. This is on the gmail webmail. But in thunderbird, the reply is not appended. And it's not in sent on a synced system. Something Google decided to do with their webmail that is not supported by Thunderbird?

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sfhowes
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For gmail IMAP accounts in TB, the Sent Mail, not Sent, folder is the folder that should be subscribed. Also, 'Place a copy in' should be unchecked in Account Settings, Copies & Folders, as gmail copies sent messages automatically.

Steevo
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You're right, I do have a Sent Mail folder. I wonder where I got a sent folder? Not off the server it seems. Hmm. Odd.