Well I have done a little test.
my rule like :

tools rules check msg after send thrght the accnt move a copy to
sent msg folder

I have done 2 rules
1) for POP3 account if use POP3 account move to POP3 sent-msg folder
2) for IMAP account if use IMAP account move to IMAP sent-msg folder

If I set POP3 account as default work ONLY POPe rule, the same for IMAP

I'm thinking...
I have 2 .pst file one for POP3 account and another one for IMAP account

When I built the rule for POP3 account I cannot see the IMAP rules; and
when I built IMAP rule I cannot see POP3 rule, this because the are on
different PST file (may be this reason of the malfunction ?)

If I'm right, this is true also with 2 or more IMAP account because all of
them have a "reserved" pst files.

Is it possible to have a common PST file for more than one IMAP account ?
Is it possible to mix PST file for POP3 and IMAP in only one file ?

Of course for OL XP (2002) SP3

Thanks a lot

Alberto

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" ha scritto nel messaggio
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how does your rule read? it shouldn't matter which account is default -
you just need a rule that moves mail sent on the imp account to the imap
sent folder. A copy will remain in the local sent folder used by the pop
account unless you create a send rule for the pop account and disable the
ability to automatically save sent items, which can result in imap
messages not getting saved if you lose the connection to the server.

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