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In my earlier entry concerning my switch to Apple Mail, I stated that Apple Mail had sub-par IMAP support. When I wrote this, I was under the impression that it was not possible to have separate Sent/Drafts/Junk/Trash folders (mailboxes as Apple Mail calls them) for your different IMAP accounts.

I was wrong!

Apple Mail and the IMAP accounts simply have to be configured for it.

• Make sure all IMAP accounts are configured to store the messages on the server.
• In the correct folder tree for each IMAP account, select the folder you wish to use for Sent email and go to the Mailbox menu >> Use This Mailbox For >> Sent. Do this for Drafts, Junk, and Trash for each IMAP account.

And voilà! You now have separate special folders for each IMAP account.

Apple Mail has the ‘combined’ mailbox interface, and it does take some getting used to. But so far, I don’t have a complaint about it.