Disable drafts autosave in Mail.app

I use MobileMe with Mail.app on my MacBook Pro and when I write a new email and then send it I see the same email in my drafts folder (it appears in several minutes after I send it). it's very annoying bug. As I see it — Mail.app autosaves a copy of the email I'm writing to the drafts folder and syncs it to the MobileMe server. Then I send the email, but Mail.app is still in the process of syncing the draft with the server (usually when I email smth huge like photos or videos). That's why, the message (draft) is not deleted from the MobileMe server and when it syncs back I see the draft I sent on my mac again. And I have to delete it manually. Sometimes I get 2 or even 3 drafts of the same message.
The way out is to disable autosave draft function in Mail.app. And to make it work just like on iOS, so that it saves draft if I press "Save draft" or it asks me if I want to save draft when I close the email.
Don't offer to turn off "Save drafts on the server" option in settings, because sometimes I need to continue working on the email from my iPad or iPhone and I need drafts to be synced. But only when I press "Save draft".
Any ideas?

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