How can I keep my sent items organized across devices? (IMAP)

If you use IMAP and multiple devices, keeping your Sent folder synchronized across laptops, phones, tablets, and webmail (browser) can be challenging. This tip can help.

When using PSMail webmail through a browser, your sent items folder is called “SENT-ITEMS” (casE sEnsitivE), however each email client from Mac OS X Mail to Windows Outlook use several conventions for saving outgoing message in a “Sent” folder. These tips will help you so you can have a universal view of these folder. ย Note: This does NOT apply to you if you use POP3 to download message and not save them on the server.

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Why have my emails disappeared?

If you use POP3 protocol and collect email using email client software (i.e. Apple’s Mail, Thunderbird, Outlook, etc.), then your email client automatically deletes these emails from the server once it collects them; they are no longer kept on the server. If you have other synced devices (such as a smartphone or tablet), it is possible you will no longer see these messages, nor will you see them when you login to your PSMailbox. In some cases, an archive manager or a storage settings could also remove emails from the server. Continue reading Why have my emails disappeared?

How do I download empty or unreadable messages or garbled attachments?

Occasionally, when you use webmail to access your inbox, you will find that a specific message is empty or it is unreadable. There are times when messages are unreadable due to unsupported character set in the message or in its attachments. . The best solution to this issue is to download the message to your local machine and open it with your native mail decoding program (i.e. Windows Mail, Mac Mail, or Linux Thunderbird).

Here’s how you do it:

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Why can’t I send email messages?

PSMail servers do not allow email to be relayed through SMTP port 25. Some email software – such as Mac OS X – defaults to port 25 for outgoing email. To prevent problems sending messages, make sure that your email client is using port 465 and SSL for outgoing email. See the screenshots below to see where the changes need to be made for several of the major email clients.

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Why do I keep getting an error when installing Cisco AnyConnect on my Windows 7 system?

Problem:

When trying to install Cisco AnyConnect on your Windows 7 64-bit system, you get the error: “The VPN client agent was unable to create the interprocess communication depot.”

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Why does my geolocation indicate that I’m not using VPN even when I’m connected?

If you use Whatismyipaddress.com (or other W3C geo-api enabled websites) to validate that you are connected to PSVPN, you may be surprised when the site indicates that you aren’t connected to a VPN. Don’t worry. Continue reading Why does my geolocation indicate that I’m not using VPN even when I’m connected?

What do all the icons in my inbox mean?

PSMail knows that managing your inbox can be a daunting task. Dozens of emails can arrive on a daily (hourly!) basis from business contacts, ministry supporters, family, coworkers, and more. PSMail tries to streamline this time-consuming task in several ways, including management through rules and the use of aliases. In addition to these automating features, PSMail utilizes several different icons in your inbox to provide you with information about a message’s priority, content, and privacy/security status before you’ve even opened it.

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