If you could post the following files I can try to help more: /etc/cyrus.conf /etc/imapd.conf

Hi, Here are those files along with a few others. I used the cyradm to add cyrus users....I know about that, I have and read the oreilly book on imap. The problem is that the book is a bit out of date, but it does give you a good idea of what you're dealing with. I also turned off the imapd from inetd....it's not the one for cyrus. When I telnet into localhost imap or pop3 I get the cyrus server. This is one of the tests in the oreilly book....it does work with these tests. At the bottom I have an lsof -i output so you can see what is running.... thank you! Oskar linux:~ # cat /etc/imapd.conf configdirectory: /var/lib/imap partition-default: /var/spool/imap sievedir: /var/lib/sieve admins: cyrus allowanonymouslogin: no autocreatequota: 10000 reject8bit: no quotawarn: 90 timeout: 30 poptimeout: 10 dracinterval: 0 drachost: localhost sasl_mech_list: PLAIN sasl_pwcheck_method: saslauthd lmtp_overquota_perm_failure: no # # if you want TLS, you have to generate certificates and keys # #tls_cert_file: /usr/ssl/certs/cert.pem #tls_key_file: /usr/ssl/certs/skey.pem #tls_ca_file: /usr/ssl/CA/CAcert.pem #tls_ca_path: /usr/ssl/CA linux:~ # linux:~ # cat /etc/cyrus.conf # standard standalone server implementation START { # do not delete this entry! recover cmd="ctl_cyrusdb -r" # this is only necessary if using idled for IMAP IDLE # idled cmd="idled" } # UNIX sockets start with a slash and are put into /var/lib/imap/socket SERVICES { # add or remove based on preferences imap cmd="imapd" listen="imap" prefork=0 # imaps cmd="imapd -s" listen="imaps" prefork=0 pop3 cmd="pop3d" listen="pop3" prefork=0 # pop3s cmd="pop3d -s" listen="pop3s" prefork=0 sieve cmd="timsieved" listen="sieve" prefork=0 # at least one LMTP is required for delivery # lmtp cmd="lmtpd" listen="lmtp" prefork=0 lmtpunix cmd="lmtpd" listen="/var/lib/imap/socket/lmtp" prefork=1 # this is only necessary if using notifications # notify cmd="notifyd" listen="/var/lib/imap/socket/notify" proto="udp" prefork=1 } EVENTS { # this is required checkpoint cmd="ctl_cyrusdb -c" period=30 # this is only necessary if using duplicate delivery suppression delprune cmd="ctl_deliver -E 3" period=1440 # this is only necessary if caching TLS sessions tlsprune cmd="tls_prune" period=1440 # Uncomment the next entry, if you want to automatically remove # old messages of EVERY user. # This example calls ipurge every 60 minutes and ipurge will delete # ALL messages older then 30 days. # enter 'man 8 ipurge' for more details # cleanup cmd="ipurge -d 30 -f" period=60 } linux:~ # chkconfig --list SuSEfirewall2_final 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off SuSEfirewall2_init 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off SuSEfirewall2_setup 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off alsasound 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off apache 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off atalk 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off atd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off autofs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off bgpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off boot.clock 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off boot.crypto 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off boot.idedma 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off boot.ipconfig 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off boot.isapnp 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off boot.klog 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off boot.ldconfig 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off boot.localfs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off boot.localnet 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off boot.lvm 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off boot.md 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off boot.proc 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off boot.quota 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off boot.restore_permissions 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off boot.scpm 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off boot.swap 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off boot.sysctl 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off bzflagserver 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off cron 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off cups 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off cyrus 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off dhcpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off fam 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off fbset 0:off 1:on 2:on 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off gpm 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off hotplug 0:off 1:on 2:on 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off hwscan 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off inetd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off inn 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off ipxmount 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off ipxrip 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off ircd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off isdn 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off joystick 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off kbd 0:off 1:on 2:on 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off kdc 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off ksysguardd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off ldap 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off mailman 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off mrtd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off mysql 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off named 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off network 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off nfs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off nfslock 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off nfsserver 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off nmb 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off nscd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off ntop 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off nwe 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off ospf6d 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off ospfd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off pcscd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off portmap 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off postfix 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off powertweakd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off pptpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off privoxy 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off quota 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off quotad 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off radiusd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off radvd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off random 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off raw 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off rinetd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off ripd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off ripngd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off rpasswdd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off rpmconfigcheck 0:off 1:on 2:on 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off rsyncd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off saslauthd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off setserial 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off slurpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off smb 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off smbfs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off smpppd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off snmpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off splash 0:off 1:on 2:on 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off splash_early 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off splash_late 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off squid 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off sshd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off syslog 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off winbind 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off wwwoffle 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off xdm 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:on 6:off xfs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off xntpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off yiff 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off ypbind 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off yppasswdd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off ypserv 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off ypxfrd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off zebra 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off linux:~ # linux:~ # lsof -i COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME dhcpcd 398 root 4u IPv4 759 UDP *:bootpc master 579 cyrus 6u IPv4 2159 TCP *:imap (LISTEN) master 579 cyrus 9u IPv4 2161 TCP *:pop3 (LISTEN) master 579 cyrus 12u IPv4 2163 TCP *:sieve (LISTEN) portmap 591 bin 3u IPv4 1715 UDP *:sunrpc portmap 591 bin 4u IPv4 1786 TCP *:sunrpc (LISTEN) sshd 659 root 3u IPv6 2132 TCP *:ssh (LISTEN) master 860 root 11u IPv4 2421 TCP localhost:smtp (LISTEN) master 860 root 12u IPv4 2422 TCP 192.168.70.101:smtp (LISTEN) master 860 root 59u IPv4 2484 TCP localhost:10025 (LISTEN) X 1113 root 1u IPv4 7099 TCP *:x11 (LISTEN) inetd 1157 root 4u IPv4 4324 TCP *:ftp (LISTEN) inetd 1157 root 5u IPv4 4326 TCP *:swat (LISTEN) linux:~ #