Mail unable to save sent messages on the server

Dear all,
i get this error when sending messages with the IMAP mail server. Mails are not copied on the server.
Mail[3277]: Error (null) occurred while trying to append messages to outgoing store. Ignoring and proceeding with delivery...
Everything is fine with Thunderbird so it appears to be a Mail problem
Any help ?
Thanks.
Max

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