Hi there! Thanks deliver.db: /var/lib/imap/deliver.db: Berkeley DB (Btree, version 9, native byte-order) The running version is: 2.3.8-3 for FC6 here is our cyrus.conf [root@mail1 ~]# vi /etc/cyrus.conf # standard standalone server implementation START { # do not delete this entry! recover cmd="ctl_cyrusdb -r" # this is only necessary if using idled for IMAP IDLE idled cmd="idled" } # UNIX sockets start with a slash and are put into /var/lib/imap/sockets SERVICES { # add or remove based on preferences imap cmd="imapd" listen="imap" prefork=5 imaps cmd="imapd -s" listen="imaps" prefork=1 pop3 cmd="pop3d" listen="pop3" prefork=3 pop3s cmd="pop3d -s" listen="pop3s" prefork=1 sieve cmd="timsieved" listen="sieve" prefork=1 # these are only necessary if receiving/exporting usenet via NNTP # nntp cmd="nntpd" listen="nntp" prefork=3 # nntps cmd="nntpd -s" listen="nntps" prefork=1 # at least one LMTP is required for delivery # lmtp cmd="lmtpd" listen="lmtp" prefork=0 lmtpunix cmd="lmtpd" listen="/var/lib/imap/socket/lmtp" prefork=1 # this is only necessary if using notifications # notify cmd="notifyd" listen="/var/lib/imap/socket/notify" proto="udp" prefork=1 } EVENTS { # this is required checkpoint cmd="ctl_cyrusdb -c" period=30 # this is only necessary if using duplicate delivery suppression, # Sieve or NNTP delprune cmd="cyr_expire -E 3" at=0400 # this is only necessary if caching TLS sessions tlsprune cmd="tls_prune" at=0400 # squat it squatter cmd="squatter -r *" period=30 } and here the imapd.conf postmaster: postmaster configdirectory: /var/lib/imap partition-default: /var/spool/imap admins: cyrus sievedir: /var/lib/imap/sieve sieve_maxscriptsize: 320 sieve_maxscripts: 5 unixhierarchysep: yes altnamespace: yes sendmail: /usr/sbin/sendmail hashimapspool: true sasl_pwcheck_method: saslauthd sasl_mech_list: PLAIN LOGIN tls_cert_file: /etc/pki/cyrus-imapd/newcert.pem tls_key_file: /etc/pki/cyrus-imapd/newkey.pem tls_ca_file: /etc/pki/cyrus-imapd/cacert.pem allowanonymouslogin: no allowplaintext: yes allowplainwithouttls: yes autocreatequota: 40000 reject8bit: no quotawarn: 90 timeout: 30 poptimeout: 10 dracinterval: 0 drachost: localhost servername: mail1.##########.de #defaultdomain: mailserver.#####.de virtdomains: userid lmtp_over_quota_perm_failure: 1 there no more cyrus process , just this 7321 cyrus 22 0 371m 17m 17m R 83.0 1.1 2:09.34 cvt_cyrusdb the convert ist running , but still a long time >15 min and end in a failure and some postgrey, saslauh, hhtpd,.... in /var/log/messages/ ar only some entries from salsauthd Georg Stich NovaTec Ingenieure für neue Informationstechnologien GmbH -Technic Service- Dieselstr. 18/1 70771 L.-E. Echterdingen tel.: 0700 / 52805280 fax: 0700 / 52805290 EMail: info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web: www.novatec-gmbh.de Sitz der Gesellschaft: Brunnenstrasse 28 ? D-71111 Waldenbuch Handelsregister: Stuttgart ? HRB 244435 Geschäftsführer: Hans-Dieter Brenner ? Michael Schuchart ? Albrecht Stäbler Hi 5625 is not Dead but in state of uninterruptible sleep, usually waiting for IO. cvt_cyrusdb is used to change the databaseformat of a cyrusdatabase from one format to another. In your case the deliver.db is changed from berkeley to skiplist. This should only be nesseary if you changed your databaseformat in /etc/imapd.conf. I don't know the script /usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/cvt_cyrusdb_all but i think it called cvt_cyrusdb . Is it part of you start procedure? Which Cyrus verson do you run? what does "file /var/lib/imap/deliver.db" report post your cyrus.conf and your imapd.conf I don't see any other cyrus proceses so i think they will get started after /usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/cvt_cyrusdb_all has finished. are there any elated errors in /var/log/messages /var/log/localmessages? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Menge Tel.: (49) 7071/29-70316 Universitaet Tuebingen Fax.: (49) 7071/29-5912 Zentrum fuer Datenverarbeitung mail: michael.menge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Waechterstrasse 76 72074 Tuebingen <hr> ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html