Not saving copy of sent messages.

Hi, I used to have my mail account set up as an Imap but I started to get a lot of messages come into my mailbox with text missing in the subject or sender lines and even have the content be empty. I switched it to a pop account and all that stopped. Lately, I've missed having the messages stay on my server so I can check them again from work the next day so I set up an imap account again. It is working (about one week) but I'm having two issues. Sometimes the missing text issue is happening again but more annoying is that when I am typing a message, I keep getting a message that says 'this message cannot be saved'. The message is being sent but it is was not saving it in my sent messages folder. I had originally set it up to keep sent messages on the server and when this error message started, my ISP suggested I change that. I did and it stopped. But today, it started again, but not with every message. One I sent out a half hour ago shows up in my sent mail folder on my computer. However, I was just working on another message and got the error message. I sent the message but their is not a copy in my sent folder.
Any thoughts??

BellaMichelle,
After re-reading your post, I believe one of your
problems (the one that annoys you most) is related to
the Drafts mailbox. Do you have "Store draft messages
on the server" enabled in Preferences > Accounts >
Mailbox Behaviors?
Yes I do.. should I have it or not??
Regarding the other problem about messages not being
displayed properly, what are your "Keep copies of
messages for offline viewing"
this says All messages and their attachments
and "Automatically
synchronize changed mailboxes" settings in
Preferences > Accounts > Advanced for this
account?
this is not checked.
David, you said you get the error
message but I am not clear if your messages are
being
saved or not... I am guessing not.
No, I didn't say anything like that. Actually, I
don't use IMAP myself other than for testing purposes
or when one of my accounts gives me problems when
used as POP.
Sorry, a fellow posted after you saying he had the same problem using his imap and I thought it said David.
Michelle

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