Every time you send an email from BlackBerry, a copy of that email arrives back in your inbox. That’s because the mail you just sent is saved in the Sent Items folder (of GMail or Microsoft Outlook) and BlackBerry probably confuses that with a new email.
To fix this, open your BlackBerry Internet Services portal (like airtel.blackberry.com or vodafone.airtel.com), login and create a new filter.
Filter Name: Block Sent Items
Apply Filter When: "From" field
Contains: myemail@xyz.com
Now check "Do not forward messages to device" and click Save. Exist the BIS website and your own email won’t reach your BlackBerry again.
If you are on Microsoft Exchange server, you may disable the synchronization of Sent Items folders (that contains your emails sent from the Exchange mailbox) via BlackBerry itself.
Find this article at: http://www.labnol.org/gadgets/phones/stop-receiving-emails-from-gmail-sent-items-in-blackberry-inbox/1520/
web: http://www.labnol.org/ email: amit@labnol.org
Reader Comments
Thanks, this was an extremely easy fix!
Written by Brandon Erik Bertelsen on 02.26.08
Thanks a ton! The sent mails are quite annoying; this fixed it.
Written by Kashif on 07.02.08
thank you. this saved my life. the ocd in me kicked it and was just seriously annoyed with the double sent messages ;)
Written by p on 12.06.08
It’s worth noting that if you’re using Gmail, you’ll need to use the ‘xyz@googlemail.com’ format instead of the more popular ‘xyz@gmail.com’ to avoid disappointment and frustration.
Written by Kurt on 12.07.08
Will this block emails that I am sending to myself?
Written by Jeff on 12.29.08
Thanks alot! I was getting really frusturated trying to figure out why every time I sent an email from Outlook through Gmail it was immediately showing up on my Blackberry. This filter cured it. No more annoying “beep-beep” notifications of emails I don’t need to read on my Blackberry. FYI if anyone gets alot of spam on there Blackberry, the best thing you can do is filter through Gmail. I am amazed at how well it works.
Written by Brett on 01.12.09
Thank you Amit Agarwal! The filter works like a charm!!!
Thanks a lot! Telecoms folks at KPN (here in Holland) almost made me start to doubt myself due to their lack of knowledge on BIS. Similar to Brett “No more annoying “beep-beep” notifications of emails I don’t need to read on my Blackberry.” but also a longer lasting battery. Battery on the BOLD SUCKS! Remember the PSP and how long that lasted with the standard battery…Anyway. Lastly sending emails from same account will of course no longer work..even from Web Interface. I use another account to test.
And Google’s Filter works very well.
Written by Paul on 01.15.09
Ok so I set up the filter exactly how it showed on here and now I’m not receiving any of my emails. I just want to block my “sent” emails that are getting sent to my phone. Any ideas??
Written by Kelly on 01.21.09
kelly, mine is working now. I reset my storm, and for some or other reason while messing around on the blackberry internet service, my gmail account got de-authorised? so no gmail got through. anyway, re-authorised it (on my handset- main menu, setup, email settings)and the filter is working fine.
Written by corne on 01.29.09
Will this block emails that I am sending to myself?
Yes.
work around is - first put another filter to “receive” the emails “sent to you”
and then above listed filter.
should work
Written by P B on 02.11.09
I actually have the opposite problem, and would be grateful if someone can help me reset my system so that I do receive all my sent messages on my BB when I email out from other platforms, like Gmail.
Written by Sue Ann on 04.30.09
Written by corne on 01.29.09
Will this block emails that I am sending to myself?
Yes.
work around is - first put another filter to “receive” the emails “sent to you”
and then above listed filter.
should work
Come:
That filter option you suggested didnt work. Actually what worked was the option by p:
Written by p on 12.06.08
It’s worth noting that if you’re using Gmail, you’ll need to use the ‘xyz@googlemail.com’ format instead of the more popular ‘xyz@gmail.com’ to avoid disappointment and frustration.
and using the above filter to block sent messages.
Worked for me.
hope that helps…
Written by mkb on 05.03.09