Mac Mail - Configuring IMAP Folders

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Mac Mail - Configuring IMAP Folders

When using Mac Mail, you may need to set the IMAP path prefix and then configure folders if you wish to keep your sent and deleted items in sync across two or more devices (such as an iPhone or iPad). To do so, follow the following steps:

1. Start Mac Mail

2. On the Mail menu, click Preferences, and then click Accounts

3. Select your e-mail account, and then click the Mailbox Behaviors tab

4. In this tab, you will be able to configure the mailboxes for Drafts, Sent, Junk, Trash and Archive mails.

5. Now you can set IMAP folders for Sent, Drafts, Junk and Trash. The mailbox folders on the left hand side will initially look similar to this:

Note that there are "Sent" and "Trash" folders with plain icons towards the bottom. There may also be other folders; you can ignore them if so. The plain icons indicate that Apple Mail doesn't consider them to be special folders that it should use for storing sent mail or deleted mail.