I cannot search sent emails in Gmail with Python

Question

I am trying to search for messages in the Sent (actually i care for both) but I only get incoming messages. For the time being i have

imap_conn.select()
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Answer 1

You need to use: imap_conn.select('[Gmail]/Sent Mail')

Just wanted to point this out for future users who see this. It's hidden in the comments.