On Wed, 2009-03-04 at 16:09 -0600, John Thompson wrote:
I can send mail from the desktop machine via gmail's smtp
service, but
copying the sent message to the IMAP folder fails, because the
connection cannot be established.
Not really an answer to your question, but you should note that it's not
recommended practice to keep your Sent folder on Gmail, given that Gmail
is already storing it (in "Gmail/Sent Mail") when it receives your SMTP,
i.e. you're sending it twice to no purpose.
poc