Error: Can't Save Message also Sent Mail Lost - IMAP

I'm having a problem with one of my IMAP
accounts(several mailboxes from the same server)
where when I am composing a message...about 2 minutes
into writing the message an error pops up saying the
message cannot be saved. I hit ok, send message then
the sent message is not saved. I've been
troubleshooting this problem. It only occurs in the
Mac Mail.app with this particular server. The
messages are saved when I send them from the server's
webmail application and when I use Thunderbird.
Had exactly the same darn problem!
Google helped! :-)))
Enjoy a working system!
http://revoltltd.org/support/helpcenter/howto/applemailimap
Fix Draft, Sent, Trash IMAP Folders In Apple Mail
This How-to describes how to configure Apple Mail to use appropriate folders on the IMAP server for storing Sent and Draft emails.
Apple Mail requires users to set up which folders on the IMAP server should be used for the "Sent", "Drafts", and "Trash" mailboxes.
If a user doesn't set these up they will be unable to see their sent or deleted messages and will get an error message when saving drafts of emails.
To manually assign which folders on the server will be assigned to the Sent, Trash, and Drafts folders, follow these steps for each mailbox name:
1. Click on the IMAP folder in the mailbox drawer
2. Select the menu item "Mailbox-->Use This Mailbox For-->(choose the mailbox name)".
Mac OS X (10.4.7)

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