This is a good primer
http://superfluousbanter.org/archives/2007/04/setting-up-imap-in-apple-mail/
Ill also write a tutorial on the ins and outs of moving your hosting and what needs to be done to keep everything working as normal.
Heres a quick troubleshooting tip anyway till then (this is also covered in steps in link above)
If sent messages isnt being saved to sent folder in Apple Mail
1: Clicking and highlighting the IMAP "Sent" Folder
2: Clicking the "Mailbox" menu at the top
3: Choosing "Use This Mailbox For" -> "Sent
Read this
http://kb.mediatemple.net/questions/230/Apple+Mail+%28Mail.app%29+not+saving+to+Sent+folder
Further to that, when you are starting to work on a new computer, eg setting up you new userspace, and you have mobileme / .mac account, you can setup the syncing to grab your email setup preferences etc and setup your mail by syncing the prefs.
I did this today and it worked, except that the Apple Mail sent, trash, and drafts folders weren't setup to show sub accounts at first.
The problem MAY have been because I didn't choose to sync keychains, was paranoid things would get all scrambled if I did that. but anyway, what seemed to fix it was syncig from my old computer to the cloud, and then to my new computer from the cloud (just clicking sync on the old, then the new)then i reopened mail, and after entering my mail account password, boom, out popped my sent and trash etc subaccount folders. i had ALREADY synced them both, but for some reason, doing it again, and entering the passswords for the account on the new computer made it show subfolder properly.
I do remember having this trouble last time i synced to a new computer with a new user space, and these links might help if double syncing dosnt work in the future...
this is what i think worked last time i setup a fresh user space... allocating the sent, trash etc folder, but cant remember how to specify for which account...
it best to check and test your new email is actually sending, and make sure its properly IMAPPING with your hosts webmail, by going online and checking what is in your apple mail is also appearing online and visa versa.
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