OSX Mail:  Messages go missing from my phone due to Mail/Rules

I started setting up RULES in Apple Mail (v5.3 in 10.7.5) routing messages to individual folders and got a bit of a surprise!
Sample rule -
From: abc @ yahoo.com
Move Message: to mailbox: On My Mac ("abc/yahoo email" folder)
Simple enough right?
Here's where it gets strange.
Using an Android Phone (AT&T Galaxy S3) to check multiple email accounts via the default email app AT&T/Samsung provides....
All of those messages affected by RULES on my Mac disappear from my Android phone's inboxes!!!!
It makes no sense.  The RULES should affect the copy only saved on the Mac, not on the server.  At very worst - mark them as read - but they disappear entirely from the phone's normal inbox!  Now I did go the server for (example Yahoo for abc @ yahoo.com) - and all the messages are there, not missing or moved somewhere else - but something is making them vanish from the view of the phone whether unread or read... directly coinciding with RULES.
I'm stumped.  Guess I have to get rid of any rule that affects anything I might ever need to read/receive while on the road with just my phone.
Strange.  Very strange.

That's a carrier issue. Speak to your wireless carrier about it.

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