Yosemite Mail.app High CPU Use

Since upgrading to Yosemite, Mail.app frequently spikes multiple cores for an extended period of time. Even background mail checking spikes the CPU load.

Seeing the same issue. The problem, in particular, relates to email sent to me from another Apple Mail user via Exchange. I can view the email on my iPhone or iPad, but not in Apple Mail.  
I think, from what I can see in the crash logs, it relates to parsing attachments. (which may just be things like email sig blocks)
Sending my log to Apple Bugs

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    08-Aug-2012 11:18 AM Sébastien Ruel:
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