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Obtain sent messages in inbox folder

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user3322488
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Hello, I want to see my sent messages threaded together with the received messages.

In order to do so I am trying to follow the guide here.

After activating the Unified view and grouping by thread, on the left bar I don't have a global "Inbox" header. I have just one "Inbox" entry (I had an "Inbox" header with multiple headers when I had multiple email accounts. Now I have only one email account and only one "Inbox" entry).

When I right click on it and select properties I see the attached image. There is no "'Select the folders to search'" button.

How can I obtain sent messages grouped with received messages in threaded view?

Hello, I want to see my sent messages threaded together with the received messages. In order to do so I am trying to follow the guide [https://joshcurry.co.uk/posts/mozilla-thunderbird-show-sent-messages-in-thread-view here]. After activating the Unified view and grouping by thread, on the left bar I don't have a global "Inbox" header. I have just one "Inbox" entry (I had an "Inbox" header with multiple headers when I had multiple email accounts. Now I have only one email account and only one "Inbox" entry). When I right click on it and select properties I see the attached image. There is no "'Select the folders to search'" button. How can I obtain sent messages grouped with received messages in threaded view?
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Toad-Hall
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As you only have one mail account, Unified is not going to work as it is designed to unify all Inboxes into a type of Inbox search folder.

You could use this: Make sure thread is expanded. Right click on top email in expanded thread and choose 'Open message in Conversation' This will open in a new tab showing all emails both received and sent as a thread. Close when finished.

Toad-Hall
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Alternative is to create a Saved Search folder. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/using-saved-searches

So basically you create a saved search folder which includes Inbox and Sent.