On Tuesday, 23 September 2025 14:38:43 Greenwich Mean Time Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Tuesday, 23 September 2025 09:31:19 British Summer Time Michael wrote: > > Now that you've solved this, it may be more interesting to ascertain what > > caused it in the first place. > > It is indeed a puzzle. > > > Perhaps you used ">>" instead of ">" in a terminal to restore your filters > > from a backup and thus appended to the original file instead of replacing > > it? > > Unlikely; I use KMail's built-in functions to save and restore filters. I > only look at the saved file if I have a problem to solve, as in this case.
I think I know what happened. I've been using an external NVMe drive over USB-3, and it seems to have developed a fault of some kind, but progressively. I noticed recently that the case was cool, not the usual warm. I smelt a rat then, but it was only after many other little puzzles that the device finally died. Replacement now in use. -- Regards, Peter.
