Collapsed thread won't stay selected

Periodically, if I select a collapsed thread in and don't quickly open it or move to another message, Mail will deselect the threat (leaving no message selected). It only takes a second or two so this makes keyboard navigation somewhat tedious.
Any thoughts?
(my software is up to date and I don't have any Mail plugins installed)
17" iMac G5 2.0 GHz (ALS)
PBG4 (TiBook) 800 Mhz

I'm having the same issue and it drives me nuts. I assumed it was a simple bug and would be fixed soon, but not so. It started happening to me after I upgraded to Leopard, so it is something in the Leopard version of mail. The fact that there aren't more people complaining about it says to me that it must be something special that tickles the problem. Two things that occur to me is that this is my gmail/IMAP account, and that I have upgraded from an older Mail app. What is your situation?
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