Combine in- and outgoing mail in Thunderbird in one folder

Solution 1:

You can create a new virtual folder which contains both incoming and sent messages.

When you create it, just choose the inbox and the "sent" folder and say "no conditions" (or corresponding, I'm German).

Nevertheless, the conversation -- or tree -- view seems not to work perfectly here with my TB 3.0.1.

Solution 2:

Yes, I like to do this as well. I just configured Thunderbird to put copies of sent mail into my inbox.

Menu entry "Edit / Account settings...", tab "Copies & Folder", then "When sending messages, automatically...". Choose "Place a copy in", "Other", then choose your inbox. Done.

As a bonus, you might want to check "Place replies in the folder of the message being replied to".

This is in TB 3.1, BTW. Don't know if TB 2 has it.

Solution 3:

See http://wiki.github.com/protz/GMail-Conversation-View/displaying-your-own-messages-in-the-inbox (warning: requires Thunderbird 3.1).

You might want to install the companion extension called "Gmail Conversation View" (cannot post more than 1 hyperlink) (full disclosure: I'm the author).

Solution 4:

I think this question is a duplicate of this one.

I already answered it there.

So basically you can visualize the full thread (incoming/outgoing) by activating Global Inbox and adding the Sent folder to its search list.