Sent messages not appearing/sent box

I too am finding at times and it seems to be when the message doesn't go out immediately, that it think it goes but doesn't appear in the SENT box although some do receive the message.
I really don't want to BCC myself in everything I send.
Mac mail has given me more problems since July/12 than Outlook did in 10 years.

Hi Bronco_6
What do you mean by .Mac Mail? If you mean using a web browser to access your mail, then by default it does not save items in your Sent Messages folder. This is a Mailbox Behaviour preference that you can set by clicking on the Preferences text at the top right of the web page.
If you are talking about using a .Mac mail account in the Mail application on OS X then that's of course a different issue. It should work by default.
You may mean a combination of both. It took me a while to spot that messages sent via the Web page didn't end up in the Sent folder within Mail.app. Instead they appear in Sent Messages under the .Mac folder.
Hope That Helps.

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