Mail Rules Changes Disappear After Quit

When I make a change to an existing Rule in Preferences or when I add a new Rule, the process works fine and
the Rules work as intended.
But when I quit Mail and open it back up again, any changes to an existing Rule or any new Rules I've added DISAPPEAR.
I've read other threads and there appears to be no answer to this. Deleting the Rules .plist file and starting over is not an option,
as I have quite a library of intricate Rules I've written over the years.
Thanks,
Frank

repairing permissions will not help with this because your rules are stored in your home directory and repair permissions doesn't touch it. quit mail and go to the directory homedirectory/library/mail. delete the files MessageRules.plist and
MessageRules.plist.backup. start Mail. your rules list will be empty. see if they save normally now.

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