Problem with OS X Mail Messages Containing Attachments

Hello,
Often times when I send or receive emails with attachments, I receive the emails without the attachment(s) and in the case I sent an email, it shows in my sent folder without the attachment(s) and with the following format:
--Apple-Mail=_60D4EE3F-616C-4B7F-B699-323181908B0D
Content-Type: multipart/mixed;
boundary="Apple-Mail=_35CDDC95-987C-4EDA-A4EC-C432FEE18F21"
--Apple-Mail=_35CDDC95-987C-4EDA-A4EC-C432FEE18F21
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Content-Type: text/html;
charset=us-ascii
<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html =
charset=3Dus-ascii"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; =
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi =
Imram,<div><br></div><div>, etc, etc.
In either case the message retains the size of the attachment. For instance, if the attachment is 10 MB, then that weird text goes for hundreds of pages to make up that 10 MB size.
This problem is starting to become more frequent.
Please help.
I am using OS X 10.8.3 (12D78) on a MacBook Pro 15" Retina - Mid 2012.
Thank you,
A

Step 1
Quit Mail. Force quit if necessary.
Back up all data. That means you know you can restore the Mail database, no matter what happens.
Triple-click the text on the line below to select it:
~/Library/Mail/V2/MailData/Envelope Index
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C). In the Finder, select
Go ▹ Go to Folder
from the menu bar. Paste into the box that opens (command-V), then press return.
If the problem isn't solved, continue.
Step 2
Please follow these directions to delete the Mail "sandbox" folder.
Triple-click the line below to select it:
~/Library/Containers/com.apple.mail
Right-click or control-click the highlighted line and select
Services ▹ Reveal
from the contextual menu.* A Finder window should open with a folder named "com.apple.mail" selected. If it does, move the selected folder — not just its contents — to the Desktop. Leave the Finder window open for now.
Quit and relaunch Mail, and test. If the problem is resolved, you may have to recreate some of your Mail settings. You can then delete the folder you moved and close the Finder window. If you still have the problem, quit Mail again and put the folder back where it was, overwriting the one that may have been created in its place. Post your results.
Caution: If you change any of the contents of the sandbox, but leave the folder itself in place, Mail may crash or not launch at all. Deleting the whole sandbox will cause it to be rebuilt automatically.
*If you don't see the contextual menu item, copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C). In the Finder, select
Go ▹ Go to Folder...
from the menu bar, paste into the box that opens (command-V). You won't see what you pasted because a line break is included. Press return.
A Finder window will open with a file selected. Move the selected file to the Desktop, leaving the window open. Other files in the folder may have names that begin with "Envelope Index". Move those files, if any, to the Trash.
Log out and log back in. Relaunch Mail. It should prompt you to re-import your messages. You may get a warning that the index is corrupt and that Mail has to quit. Click OK.
Test. If Mail now works as expected, you can delete the file you moved to the Desktop. Otherwise, post your results.

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