I am having a very strange issue where the imap server stops accepting messages via LMTP, does not allow logins via imap, and the load reaches anywhere from 800 - 2000. This happens nearly daily. Also, I notice there are generally many defunct processes and the below pasted excerpt from the maillog Nov 25 06:27:11 imap06 postfix/lmtp[16300]: 22E2E10B00C3: to=<user@xxxxxxxxxx>, relay=/var/imap/socket/lmtp[/var/imap/socket/lmtp], delay=300, status=deferred (conversation with /var/imap/socket/lmtp[/var/imap/socket/lmtp] timed out while sending MAIL FROM) We are running RHEL4U4 with the version of Cyrus that comes with it cyrus-imapd-2.2.12-3.RHEL4.1. Anyone seen something similar or have an idea what could be causing this issue? ---- 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