When you send a message with Mailsmith, the sent message gets stored
in the outgoing mailbox that corresponds to the account with which you
sent the message. A background task then queries that mailbox for
unsent outgoing messages. @fter each message is sent, Mailsmith will
apply any filters that were attached to the outgoing mailbox.
You can use this "post-send filtering" to self-organize your outgoing
messages. For example, try the following steps:
- create a new mailbox, named "Sent Mail". (If you already have such
a mailbox, you can skip this step.)
- create a new filter. (You can name the filter whatever you like.)
Attach the filter to the outgoing mailbox for each account whose
mail you'd like to organize. The filter should be:
if Sent is equal to True
Transfer to "Sent Mail"
Thereafter, each outgoing message will be transferred to the "Sent
Mail" mailbox, after it has successfully been transmitted.
You can, of course, set up a more sophisticated filter, or use
multiple filters to transfer messages to different mailboxes. Also, if
you'd like to refilter outgoing messages according to the same rules
as incoming messages, set up the filter to transfer the message to the
"(incoming mail)" mailbox. Then, select the "(incoming mail)" mailbox
and use the "Re-Apply Filters" command to refilter the messages.
As a bonus, using a transfer filter also keeps the outgoing mailbox
empty, which reduces the amount of time that Mailsmith requires to
determine which messages need to be sent.
Enjoy,
R.