Mail 3.4 - not showing received attachments (sometimes)

Just upgraded to Leopard (10.5.4 + all updates installed), plus have switched to Mail 3.4 from gyazmail. Think I'll switch back, unless this is a known bug or anyone has a workaround?... (BTW I am using an IMAP account, not running any mail plug-ins, not going through any mail servers apart from ISP)
The problem:
Some received emails, where I'm expecting a PDF attachment from a client, display a size of a couple of Mb as expected BUT there is no attachment showing (+ no paperclip) in the main window. These messages are also missing the summary of the email (from, time, date, subject) in the email preview window below, along with the all important, save attachment and quick look buttons. Most odd. This is random though as the same user can send another PDF and all works fine.
NOTE - if I use gyazmail to check the same account the attachment shows up as expected so this is a Mail issue for sure (the messages received AND not received have both been Base64 encoded).
Any help appreciated.
Cheers, Gary

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