I disagree completely. This is not an "obvious shortcoming", or "clearly broken", and not a basic flaw. If you are using the web interface, you always have a copy of the message in your sent mail, so what's the point of BCC'ing yourself. If you're using an offline client, you can use IMAP to have it available, and could use the client's BCC function.
I have never wanted to BCC myself in any client I've ever had, never seen the point. And I still can't get my head wrapped around why someone would need to on EVERY e-mail. If you want an occasional one, you can manually do it. Just cause you want a feature does not mean it's a flaw to not have it. And, how many times have you suggested it to Google? Many of the features I've seen suggested more than a few times show up as a lab or a direct feature. On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 10:02 PM, sassan hazeghi <[email protected]>wrote: > It seems everyone is trying to figure out how best to outsmart the basic > flaw in the gmail web interface. > > Allowing for auto self BCC (and often having it to be the default > setting), has been possible in just about any mail interface I have used so > far (unix, emacs, all the way to the iPhone mail app) but not in the gmail > web interface. Why not make this obvious shortcoming as visible to Google > as possible so that rather than just fiddling with gmail's cosmetics, they > fix something that is clearly broken ? > > > On Tuesday, January 1, 2013 3:47:07 AM UTC-8, Andreas Wohlfeld wrote: >> >> If you want to get a copy of sent mails to one or more PC email clients, >> then do this: >> Create a filter with from == your email, skip inbox and add a label of >> your choice ("self-copy"), never mark as spam. >> You will get a new folder with all your sent-emails marked read/seen. >> Now set up IMAP and get your PC client to just sync the label folder >> ("self-copy") and tell the IMAP client to always get all mails and delete >> them (i.e. delete the label in gmail). >> With fetchmail this is done by using "folder 'self-copy'" and "fetchall". >> I'm using procmail so I have my .procmailrc to write those emails to my >> usual sent-mail location. >> >> Am Dienstag, 27. November 2012 01:02:18 UTC+1 schrieb cdhodgdon: >> >>> I just tried using these settings as below and gmail only shows filters >>> for incoming emails. How did you get this to work with an outgoing? >>> >>> On Monday, November 5, 2012 8:45:52 AM UTC-6, Gianpiero Porchia wrote: >>>> >>>> SOLVED this, >>>> >>>> the gmail filters are working also for outgoing email. >>>> >>>> Configure the filter like this: >>>> >>>> - From: your email address >>>> - Forward: your email address >>>> - Enable never send to spam (IMPORTANT!) >>>> >>>> Best regards. >>>> >>>> Gian >>>> >>>> Il giorno venerdì 26 ottobre 2012 18:21:49 UTC+2, mail distress ha >>>> scritto: >>>>> >>>>> I have tried to read through this discussion to determine if there is >>>>> a way to Auto BCC all sent mail and outside of running some scripts on >>>>> each >>>>> machine for each browser type (impossible btw for 500 people). I need >>>>> this feature so that every email I send out shows up in Salesforce and >>>>> gets >>>>> attached to each account. I use mail for mail and Salesforce to handle >>>>> all >>>>> account information for every person in the company. Is there a way to do >>>>> this? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Mark >>>>> >>>>> On Tuesday, October 16, 2012 8:10:04 PM UTC-6, Zack Tennant wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> As stated earlier in this thread... you can't use a filter to forward >>>>>> an outgoing mail. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 7:09 PM, Christian Bedard < >>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Om I try to do the following filtre: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Matches: from:me >>>>>>> Do this: Apply label "AutoBCC", Forward to [email protected] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I get the label working but not the forward, please help ! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> In a nutshell, is there a real and simple way to bcc outgoing email >>>>>>> form Gmail ? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Saturday, October 13, 2012 7:54:32 PM UTC-4, Zack Tennant wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I actually can label messages as I compose, and I just did. You >>>>>>>> can find dozens of howto's online for how to do it. And from what you >>>>>>>> described in your subject to auto-bcc, the following filter would do >>>>>>>> exactly the same thing: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> find "from:me" >>>>>>>> action "label:waiting" >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Like I said, I'm glad the add-ins worked for you, but to help >>>>>>>> others who may not want to add add-ins, I thought it important to >>>>>>>> indicate >>>>>>>> that these other methods actually work. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 6:33 PM, Sam Razz <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> You actually can't label messages as you compose nor is filtering >>>>>>>>> as efficient as my method: We've developed this system in our >>>>>>>>> projects and >>>>>>>>> have tried both. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I am aware it hits every message and it's not a problem. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Thanks. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Friday, October 12, 2012 4:33:11 PM UTC-7, Zack Tennant wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Auto BCC would hit every message, not just the ones with a >>>>>>>>>> waiting reply. You can label a message as you compose, or with a >>>>>>>>>> filter, >>>>>>>>>> which would give you the functionality you just described. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Glad you got what you wanted with the add-ons. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 6:59 PM, Sam Razz <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Like Andy, I'm also puzzled as to why you want this >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> I'd like to be able to set this up. In my case, if the next >>>>>>>>>>> action on an email I sent is waiting for a reply, I BCC to myself, >>>>>>>>>>> label it >>>>>>>>>>> as "waiting", then archive it into a "waiting" multiple inbox. I >>>>>>>>>>> then >>>>>>>>>>> check at least once a day to see if I need to follow up on anyone >>>>>>>>>>> who has >>>>>>>>>>> still been delegated a task. I have a couple friends who do this >>>>>>>>>>> as well. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for the add-ons. 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