Mail - Subject line automatically deletes with text input

Another 'annoying' intermittent issue with 10.5.1 upgrade.
When I begin a new mail message, the subject line automatically deletes and highlights what would be the affected number of characters when I begin typing the subject. Once I input 4 characters, the line is deleted. It occurs 75% of the time.
Anyone else having the same issues, or have a possible fix?

would you happen to have a plug in or input manager such as rapidowrite or text expander or some other sort of app installed with Mail and AB by any chance? (if you have rapidowrite, i believe there is a new version that is more compatible with leopard, recently released.)
if so, then i would suggest you quit mail, then uninstall/get rid of these, drag them to the desktop, launch mail again and see if that clears the issue.
you can find these plug-ins in homefolder/library/mail/bundles and in homefolder/library/address book plug-ins
hope this helps

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