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Why do some of my sent emails go directly to all mail?

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Why do some of my sent emails go directly to all mail? eg I can send two emails successively and one will be saved in sent mail and the other in all mail.

Why do some of my sent emails go directly to all mail? eg I can send two emails successively and one will be saved in sent mail and the other in all mail.

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I presume you are using Gmail. Actually, both are in AllMail. That's its name. I do not recommend using the allmail folder in Thunderbird because it is a repository of everything and causes all your mail to be there twice. Other email services (to my knowledge) do not do this, so that is why I guessed Gmail.

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Thanks for your response, but it doesn't address what is happening. I want to keep All Mail as back up and there must be a setting that sends my sent mail to the one folder. To further confuse matters - and I've raised this question before - some of my emails disappear altogether. ie I can't find them in In-box, sent mail, all mail or trash.

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I am no expert on Gmail. All I can share is that Gmail is involved in your questions, not Thunderbird. Allmail folder is unique to Gmail and it is managed by Gmail.