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  • "annoying emails of problem" – What annoying emails of problem? What do they say exactly? Please edit and this information to the question. Commented Jan 2, 2023 at 5:07
  • Updated as requested. Thank you for looking at this. Commented Jan 2, 2023 at 18:39
  • SMART values are not specific to partitions.
    – Daniel B
    Commented Jan 2, 2023 at 18:51
  • I don't understand what you are trying to tell me. The email makes reference to the drive (/dev/sdb, not a partition) but when I mount the partitions, SMART stops generating the emails. So ... while it is referencing the drive, it is responding to a partition-related condition. Commented Jan 2, 2023 at 18:54
  • You should probably check your /etc/smartd.conf (and read the man page about it). But the thing is, do you really want to just ignore the fact that your drive might be dying?
    – Tom Yan
    Commented Jan 2, 2023 at 19:19