No its a brand new server, quite high spec also. did you compile Berkeley DB or used the RPM install that comes with Redhat ?
I have just uninstalled the Berkeley DB that I installed and using the RPM that comes with red hat and seems that the earlier errors are gone now get this output in the imapd.log Jun 7 16:36:03 lb01-s06 master[9707]: about to exec /usr/cyrus/bin/ctl_cyrusdb Jun 7 16:36:03 lb01-s06 ctl_cyrusdb[9707]: recovering cyrus databases Jun 7 16:36:03 lb01-s06 ctl_cyrusdb[9707]: done recovering cyrus databases Jun 7 16:36:03 lb01-s06 master[9705]: ready for work Jun 7 16:36:03 lb01-s06 master[9714]: about to exec /usr/cyrus/bin/tls_prune Jun 7 16:36:03 lb01-s06 master[9715]: about to exec /usr/cyrus/bin/ctl_deliver Jun 7 16:36:03 lb01-s06 master[9716]: about to exec /usr/cyrus/bin/ctl_cyrusdb Jun 7 16:36:03 lb01-s06 ctl_cyrusdb[9716]: checkpointing cyrus databases Jun 7 16:36:03 lb01-s06 ctl_cyrusdb[9716]: archiving database file: /var/imap/annotations.db Jun 7 16:36:03 lb01-s06 ctl_cyrusdb[9716]: archiving log file: /var/imap/db/log.0000000001 Jun 7 16:36:03 lb01-s06 ctl_cyrusdb[9716]: archiving database file: /var/imap/mailboxes.db Jun 7 16:36:03 lb01-s06 ctl_cyrusdb[9716]: archiving log file: /var/imap/db/log.0000000001 Jun 7 16:36:03 lb01-s06 ctl_cyrusdb[9716]: done checkpointing cyrus databases Jun 7 16:36:03 lb01-s06 tls_prune[9714]: tls_prune: purged 0 out of 0 entries Jun 7 16:36:03 lb01-s06 master[9705]: process 9716 exited, status 0 Jun 7 16:36:03 lb01-s06 cyr_expire[9715]: duplicate_prune: pruning back 3 days Jun 7 16:36:03 lb01-s06 cyr_expire[9715]: duplicate_prune: purged 0 out of 0 entries Jun 7 16:36:03 lb01-s06 cyr_expire[9715]: expunged 0 out of 0 messages from 0 mailboxes Jun 7 16:36:03 lb01-s06 master[9705]: process 9714 exited, status 0 Jun 7 16:36:03 lb01-s06 master[9705]: process 9715 exited, status 0 The master process exists so surly its not a good indication, but the earlier errors are gone now, which suggested an issue with the Berkeley DB. --- Cyrus Home Page: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyruswiki.andrew.cmu.edu List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html