On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 10:55:50AM -0400, William L. Maltby enlightened us: > > On Fri, 2006-05-26 at 09:08 -0400, Steve Snyder wrote: > > > While investigating my earlier Sendmail confusion I noticed these files: > > > > > > # ll /var/lib/imap/db/ > > > total 15952 > > > -rw------- 1 cyrus mail 16384 Jan 22 04:02 __db.001 > > > -rw------- 1 cyrus mail 663552 Jan 22 04:02 __db.002 > > > -rw------- 1 cyrus mail 98304 Jan 22 04:02 __db.003 > > > -rw------- 1 cyrus mail 22568960 Jan 22 04:02 __db.004 > > > -rw------- 1 cyrus mail 32768 Jan 22 04:02 __db.005 > > > -rw------- 1 cyrus mail 64 Jan 22 04:02 log.0000000001 > > > > > > The date/time stamps suggest that these files were create by a cron job > > > the day after I installed CentOS v4.2 and have not been modified since. > > > > > > I haven't done any explicit Cyrus configuration, and actually I don't have > > > a clear idea of what mail-related functionality Cyrus actually provides. > > > If it is in use at all on my system it is done as some aspect of the > > > default CentOS4 installation. Those __db files are not owned by any RPM > > > package, although the /var/lib/imap/db/ is owned by the cyrus-imapd > > > package. > > > > > > Do I really need a 22MB empty database file on my system? > > > > I've got 'em too! And I just do evolution/thunderbird pop3 only. Must be > > needed... until we discover them. Thanks, I had not! :-) > > > > I'm gonna move the directory away and see what happens. > > > > > <snip sig stuff> > > Well, moved the directory, repooted and both evolution and thunderbird > continue to work in and out. But, I *don't* use imap, only pop-3. I have > sendmail disabled. My server incoming is ISP's pop server and outbount > is my ISP's SMTP server. > Cyrus is used to *serve* POP3/IMAP from your machine. If you aren't checking mail that is delivered to your box, you're not using it and can most likely get rid of it. If you're running a mail server, then it's usually useful to get the mail back off, in which case you could use Cyrus, Dovecot, or any number of other POP3/IMAP servers. Hope that clarifies... Matt -- Matt Hyclak Department of Mathematics Department of Social Work Ohio University (740) 593-1263