Re: Optional "Local Folders"

On 2010/01/24 5:40, Jay Garcia wrote:
> On 23.01.2010 13:07, EE wrote:
>
> --- Original Message ---
>
>> On 2010/01/23 7:38, Jay Garcia wrote:
>>> On 22.01.2010 13:25, EE wrote:
>>>
>>> --- Original Message ---
>>>
>>>> On 2010/01/22 5:51, Jay Garcia wrote:
>>>>> On 22.01.2010 06:27, Neil wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> --- Original Message ---
>>>>>
>>>>>> John Corliss wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> # Sent newsgroups messages are saved in Local Folders by default.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And they should not be by default. They should be saved in the
>>>>>>> "Sent"
>>>>>>> folder in the account from which they are sent.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I didn't think newsgroups had Sent folders.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> They don't. What he means is that news posts/replies should be
>>>>> saved in
>>>>> the email account associated with the news server account rather than
>>>>> "local folders".
>>>>>
>>>> If I send a response to a newsgroup message, I get a copy in my Sent
>>>> folder.
>>>
>>> If you choose to email a response as well as a posted reply, yes.
>>> Otherwise - Local Folders - by default that is. I have never had a
>>> newsgroup reply in my "Sent" folder. Have you changed settings?
>>>
>> In the newsgroup accounts, in Copies & Folders is a checkbox which
>> allows you to save a copy of outgoing messages.
>
> Correct, but the default is Local Folders. Most defaults can be changed.
> But that wasn't the point.
>
>
The default is Local Folders, but there is another choice: Other. 
Presumably you could choose a Sent folder in any other account.