On Nov 27, 2007 4:42 PM, Gerard <gerard.cluster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. Daily ? On a regular basis ? At backup time ? > 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? Disk nearly full ? Some DBERROR in the logs somewhere ? service imapd restart is enough ? > ---- > 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 > -- Alain Spineux aspineux gmail com May the sources be with you ---- 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