So I was messing about ctrl-alt-del-ing various issues on my 'puter s'morning when I thought "Ah, finished" and turned back to read some email. Lordy, there was spam everywhere, in every folder, many copies. I tried to delete a couple to no avail and took a deep breath to reconsider.
So after a few minutes I switched it off and on again. I was a bit nervous when I reopened my email but now it was just the messages to me, the spam had been taken away 😕