Sent mail in wrong folder

I use my Virgin Media mailboxes on two devices: a Windows 8 PC using Windows Mail and an iPad, both configured to use IMAP.  The messages I send from the PC show up in the "Sent Mail" folder on both devices but the messages sent from the iPad show up as "Sent" on the iPad but in the "Sent Messages" folder on the PC.  How can I change this so that all sent messages from both devices show up in the "Sent Mail" folder?
I'd be very grateful for any help.

I received a helpful reply on the Virgin Media forum which solved this problem.  If anyone else has the same problem, you need to make the following change on the iPad.
Settings
Mail etc.
select account
click Account
scroll down to Advanced and click
click Sent Mailbox and choose Sent Mail

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