Apple Mail Automatically Sending Emails Before I Hit Send

Hi
I'm having a recurring problem with Apple Mail where emails are being sent by the program before I hit send, so addressee's are receiving half written/finished emails.
I have sync'd 2 x gmail accounts to my Apple Mail, and the same problem happens with each account. Does anyone know what to do to fix this as it's highly annoying!
Thanks

Welcome to Apple Discussions.
"I'm having the exact same problem and it's driving me insane. Have you been able to solve it yet?"
Why you reply to yourself?
Anyway, you may want to look at it.
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google%20Apps/thread?tid=5a3d43bcb6f18cf4& hl=en
Hope it helps.
Cheers.

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