Mail sends message before finished writing

I have a user who experiences a weird phenomenon with her Apple Mail program. She will be typing and suddenly (randomly) the message will send before it is finished. We've tried replacing her keyboard but the problem is persisting. User is on Mac OS X 10.7 (not sure what build). Any suggestions?

I get exactly the same thing with my Macbook Air. I wonder if my sleeve is brushing the touchpad and triggering something whilst typing. The keyboard shortcut is shift-command-D and I am not hitting that! It is extemely embarrassing as some emails are half fininshed.
I cannot see any solutions but note some iPhone users say they have the same problem. Someone else suggests it is linked ot autosave on the server being checked but is definately associated with typing so I doubt that is the issue.
Come on Apple, please sort this out as it makes using the system for work a liability.

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Hi and Welcome to Apple Discussions..
Since you have so many issues with Mail...
Launch Mail. From the Menu Bar, click Mail / Preferences.
Make note of all the preferences under each tab.
Close Mail.
Locate this file.
com.apple.Mail.plist
~/Library/Preferences.
Move that file to the Trash and restart your Mac.
Hopefully that will help...
This thread might offer help for GMail sync issues.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1371040
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This smells like a permissions issue, and it cannot be fixed repairing permission with Disk Utility.
Well, I looked up the MessageUidsAlreadyDownloaded
files to see if they were being written to and saved
(updated). Basically, I was just checking the last
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I think you mentioned some widget you downloaded that introduced a NEW button ?? That's what makes it normal for you, I fear.
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I recall a somewhat similar situation when one guy texted another guy during a lecture.
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