Mail: sent messages not in sent folder

Every time I send an email, especially with attachments, the mail is correctly delivered, but it don’t appear in the “Sent” folder.
If I send a message via webmail, it is correctly synced with the mail client (it appears in the sent folder on the server and on the Mac).
It’s surely a bug, all my settings are ok and I tried all the possible solutions suggested by others in this community and elsewhere before resigning.
I have 4 IMAP accounts and the synchronization is always very slow and time consuming.
This is unacceptable for a mail client..
Anyone have experienced this problem? Anyone has a definitive solution?
Thanks.

Linc Davis wrote:
From the Mail menu bar, select
Mail ▹ Preferences... ▹ Accounts ▹ Mailbox Behaviors
and uncheck the box marked
Store sent messages on the server
Any change?
Yes, it works, but it's a workaround to "prevent" the client to copy the message on the server.
The message is stored locally and I can't access it on my other devices..
I need that all messages are stored on the server.
Other clients do it perfectly, but I don't like their GUI and the fact that they're not integrated with the OS like Mail.
Since the problem does not occur with your workaround, I think that the bug is at some point during the sending process, especially when the message contains attachments and the activity window is "busy", filled with too many blue bars..

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