Apple Mail and the "sent messages" verus "sent" folder

I have a Mac Pro and a MacBook Pro, both running Snow Leopard with all the latest patches.
In mail, in what appears to be the same mail configuration and the same account, I have sent messages being stored in a "sent messages" folder on the IMAP server and the other is storing it a "sent" folder.
I can't seem to find a way to get them both to use the same folder and I don't see that in the "Mailbox behavior" tab.
Any ideas how to get them to use the same folder?

Where is the Sent Messages folder listed? If it is not under MAILBOXES but in an IMAP folder, select it and go to Mailbox menu, Use this mailbox for>Sent.
It should disappear and sent messages then appear in the Sent folder.

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