Osx mail re-downloading thousands of Yahoo IMAP emails

I have been using Yahoo email with osx mail for years but since the move to Mountain Lion, I've noticed it's periodically trying to re-download my entire (15year) email collection from the Yahoo servers.  Frequently seeing "downloading 35,000+ emails". I haven't changed settings on the mac nor server side - something in the latest osx release coincided with this problem appearing.
Any ideas folks?
Thanks,
Mark

Try re-indexing the mailboxes. This can take awhile if you have a lot of mail.
Reindex messages      Mavericks/Yosemite

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