Hi there We are runnning cyrus 2.3.15 in a murder set up. We have recently started having intermittent problems with mail delivery to the backends. Every so often the lmtpd processes on each of the backends stop doing anything and a mail queue begins to build up on out lmtp server. After around five minutes or so everything bursts back into life with the lmtpd processes on the backends and the queue on the lmtp server drains. We can't figure out why this is happening. If anyone has any ideas they would be greatly appreciated During working hours we usually have around 3000 imapd processes per backend and normally deliver a few hundred messages per minute. We have three identical backend servers. One of them has become buisier in terms of active users ie larger mail store, larger deliverdb. We use berkley db for the cyrus databases. regards, Gavin Gray Edinburgh University Information Services Rm 2013 JCMB Kings Buildings Edinburgh EH9 3JZ UK tel +44 (0)131 650 5987 email gavin.gray@xxxxxxxx -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://www.cyrusimap.org/ List Archives/Info: http://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/pipermail/info-cyrus/