Mac Mail - Forward Symbol Appearing On All Messages In Inbox??

My mac mail app has started automatically adding the forwarded mail symbol (small right-pointing arrow) on all messages that I receive within my inbox. When I click on the forward symbol, I also get an error stating 'Error - Mail was unable to find your reply to the message “XXX”. You may have deleted the message.'. This is correct because even though the messages have the forward symbol...they have never actually been forwarded or replied to which explains why Mail can't locate the forwarded message. I have tried rebullding my inbox both through the 'Mailbox / Rebuild' menu command as well as by deleting the envelope index file within the Library/Mail/V2/MailData folder and still the problem persists.
I have 3 separate IMAP email accounts set-up within mail and this bug is happening on all messages received in my inbox. The forward arrow is also appearing on the messages when I view them in Mail on my iPhone or iPad but only after the arrow was added to the message within Mail on my Macbook Pro. In other words, when I receive messages in my inbox on my iPhone or iPad, the arrow does not get added so it'se defintely a bug with the Mail app on my Macbook Pro.
Any feedback/advice would be greatly appreciated as it's very annoying having all of my email messages marked with the forward symbol!!

Thanks for the update. I guess it would be great if both Apple and MS come up with a solution for this issue as it is very critical. Please keep me posted if hear from them.
I found some article in Apple support with the following details. I tried both the options and it doesn't work either. More info here http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mail/2.0/en/ml1002.html
Reindex mailboxes. To do so, quit Mail and, in the Mail folder in your home Library folder, move the Envelope Index file and any folders that begin with "Mac-", "Exchange-", or "IMAP-" to a different location, such as your desktop. When you open Mail, it reindexes all messages in local mailboxes or POP folders and re-downloads all messages from the mail server. This process can take several minutes depending on how many messages are in your mailboxes.
For a POP account, reimport mailboxes. To do so, choose File > Import Mailboxes, and then choose "Mail for Mac OS X." In the Mail folder in your home Library folder, select the folder that begins with "POP-" (for example, [email protected]). If the problem persists, try again, this time choosing "Other" and then selecting the affected mailbox itself (for example, Library/Mail/POP- [email protected]/Inbox.mbox).
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