Mail sends old emails to recipients

For a while now we have had people tell us that they receive old emails from us. There does not seem to be a pattern but every once in a while I look in my sent folder and I see that Mail has just sent an email that I previously sent days or weeks ago.
Does anyone know a fix for this problem?
Using Mail version 2.0.5 and Mac OS X 10.4.3
G4 Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Update:
My friend claims he never got such an email, so perhaps it's just a glitch? It's still there in my Sent folder, however, although just on the iPhone and nowhere else.
Still curious to hear from Mac officials on this!

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2. I went to send it to a friend by hitting Email Photo.
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