How do I store sent IMAP messages to my computer but delete from server afterwards

I've browsed through the messages on the discussions and seen other people talking about this is different ways.  However, I can't find anyone explaining exactly what settings to change to what.  Basically, once I send an email I'd like to save all of them to my computer but not have them pile up on the server.
Thanks in advance.

Hello there, Charlene.
The information in the following Knowledge Base article, although written for Mountain Lion, is still relevant in Snow Leopard as well:
Mail (Mountain Lion): Create mailboxes
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11740
You can create a mailbox and choose "on my Mac" as the location. This will allow you to store email messages on your computer instead of the mail server. The steps to do that are as follows:
You can create mailboxes to organize messages. For example, if you receive messages from friends in a book club, you could create a mailbox to store all the messages related to the book club. You could organize your messages further by creating another mailbox inside the book club mailbox for each author you read.
Choose Mailbox > New Mailbox.
Use the Location pop-up menu to choose whether to store the new mailbox on your Mac or on a mail server.
Type a name for the mailbox, and then click OK.
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Pedro.

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