Saving Drafts on IMAP account that's forced to use SMTP outbound server

Hi!
Occasionally, I'll get messages from OSX Mail telling me that it can't save a copy of a draft on an IMAP address, and when I send said message, it never shows up in my sent items folder.
Due to limitations with my ISP, I cannot use the IMAP outbound server (they block 25, and my IMAP's outbound port only operates on 25.). Instead, I use an SMTP server that I have for another account.
Any thoughts as to why A.) It's not saving in the sent folder, B.) I cannot save drafts, and C.) This only happens occasionally?
-Jonathan

Jonathan,
Typically, the choice of SMTP used as Outgoing Server, does not have to match the account of the From address, and the SMTP provided by your ISP would not prevent Mail from saving the message from the IMAP account in the proper Sent mailbox. However, with IMAP accounts, it is normal and necessary to choose a folder on the IMAP server, and tell Mail to use that folder for the Sent message (via the aforementioned "Use This Mailbox For" command), if the selection in Mail Preferences/Accounts/Mailbox Behaviors is to save the Sent messages on the Server. Without this choice, Mail should create a Sent mailbox that will reside on your Mac's hard drive. There is a similar choice for the Drafts.
In the Sidebar to the Mail window, does your Inbox for the IMAP account have any small black triangle beside it, or at the bottom of the Sidebar, are there any folders you have not created, or perhaps an Icon in the form of a sphere with "@" in its center?
More info, please, and see:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mail/2.0/en/ml1134.html
and
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mail/2.0/en/ml800.html
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