Cyrus db corruption

[sstortz]

Ever since the March security update my mail has been crashing. Server admin for mail reports unable to locate path. I have have rebuilt the db using Apple’s article on the web (both the March 31 and April 18 update). Upgraded to 10.3.9 but no help. Apple xserve tech and I would get it running but then it would crash the next day. I got bumped up to enterprise and we modified a perl script for imap. It stayed up longer 18 hours but crashed again. After the server loses the path, the processor lights run at 100%.
Their thought is a piece of mail is corrupt and it keeps corrupting the db. Is that possible? Their recommendation is to totally delete the mailboxes and start fresh. AKA everyone loses everything. I would like to download the users mail, delete the mailboxes, then upload the mail that I saved. Anyone have a suggestion? Thanks!

[Anonymous]

I am also having this problem. I can’t run for more than two days without having to rebuild the cyrus imap database using this proceedure

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107996

The mail server is not seeing heavy use. I am running 10.3.9 Server

[sstortz]

Well, I have bad news and good news. The bad news is I had to nuke my server and reinstall 10.3.8. The good news is since then, there has been no problem with mail.
I copied my pref files from server admin, CCC the drive to my external firewire, wiped the drive and then reinstalled 10.3, then installed the 10.3.8 combo update. I am not taking it to 10.3.9.
I already have 10.4, but in talking with my apple rep, he advised doing the 10.3.8 reinstall instead of 10.4 until some of the bumps had been smoothed out.
Best of luck on your machine.

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