Bug in Mail App in LION

Just the other day, my hard drive depleted to the point of 54MB and I got a warning that my start up disk is full and I need to delete files. I found that strange since I have about 200+Gig available, the last I checked and did not do any new downloads. But I deleted a bunch of stuff anyway, and restored my size to 9 Gig.
Next day, same message. I knew something is wrong, called Apple and discovered that there is a bug in the Mail app. For some reason it created a Recovered folder in the Mail folder that just kept copying over and over again. The tech told me it's a bug but no clear direction on how to solve it and/or when. The only thing we did was delete that file and my space was restored. I was told that is all I would need to do for now and I should be fine. Well, today, again my HD is depleting and sure enough, there is that recovered folder again.
Anyone else with this problem? Specifically, it appears to be doing it with my Yahoo mail. I'm thinking I should delete the account, start over. If anyone has other ideas or if it's a settings thing in Mail or Yahoo pop settings, please let me know.
Thanks

It's not related to a third party app. I don't have any. The tech was able to pinpoint the folder in the Library/Mail/V2/Mailboxes
He said they have had reports of this bug and he went directly there. So they must be aware of it.

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