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Older message filters work fine , but do not show in the "Message filters" option only recently created show.

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I created a set of filters to redirect messages into multiple subfolders . This was more than a year ago and they continue to do what they are supposed to . I recently added a new filter and noticed that all my previously created filters do not show up in the list of filters , only the one i just created . Let me repeat that the old filters ARE working , i don't know how . I looked at the msgFilterRules.dat file in my profile and it only lists one filter . I looked around for another dat file but couldn't find anything relevant .

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I created a set of filters to redirect messages into multiple subfolders . This was more than a year ago and they continue to do what they are supposed to . I recently added a new filter and noticed that all my previously created filters do not show up in the list of filters , only the one i just created . Let me repeat that the old filters ARE working , i don't know how . I looked at the msgFilterRules.dat file in my profile and it only lists one filter . I looked around for another dat file but couldn't find anything relevant . Suggestions anyone ?

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Filters are defined for each account, so there is a msgFilterRules.dat in every account subfolder of Mail, ImapMail, News, Mail/Feeds and Mail/Local Folders, e.g. Mail/pop.mail.yahoo.com, ImapMail/imap.gmail.com. If the hidden 'working' filter isn't in one of those places, it must be defined on the mail server and acts before mail is downloaded or synced to TB.

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Filters are defined for each account, so there is a msgFilterRules.dat in every account subfolder of Mail, ImapMail, News, Mail/Feeds and Mail/Local Folders, e.g. Mail/pop.mail.yahoo.com, ImapMail/imap.gmail.com. If the hidden 'working' filter isn't in one of those places, it must be defined on the mail server and acts before mail is downloaded or synced to TB.

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Ok Thank you . Slightly embarrassed by senior moment here.

I was going to check my ISP's mail filters but I have "crystal clear" recollection of doing it thru thunderbird . What's worse i even reinforced my own conviction by being sure that mail on my phone was unfiltered . Completely deluded . Filters are setup on mail server .