Sent message not in mailbox

I have .mac mail, but when I try to use my mac mail app, the messages I send do not show up in my mac mail "Sent" box. I can find them in my user mail file. How do I get them to show up in my mailbox ? The messages do get to the people I'm sending them to, they just don't show up on my computer. I have no idea what to do.
Thanks for any help ....

Oops - I realise now that I sent this mail on my older Mac. That rather explains why I couldn't find it on the new one. Sorry - senility is setting in!

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