Made the mistake of updating to python-2.5 :( That seg faulted sb. So I updated to cvs. Rebuilt and installed. Same result: python -v /usr/bin/sb_server.py # installing zipimport hook import zipimport # builtin # installed zipimport hook # /usr/lib64/python2.5/site.pyc matches /usr/lib64/python2.5/site.py import site # precompiled from /usr/lib64/python2.5/site.pyc # /usr/lib64/python2.5/os.pyc matches /usr/lib64/python2.5/os.py import os # precompiled from /usr/lib64/python2.5/os.pyc import posix # builtin ................ import spambayes.Version # precompiled from /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/spambayes/Version.pyc # /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/spambayes/ProxyUI.pyc matches /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/spambayes/ProxyUI.py import spambayes.ProxyUI # precompiled from /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/spambayes/ProxyUI.pyc SpamBayes POP3 Proxy Version 1.1a3 (August 2006) import bsddb # directory /usr/lib64/python2.5/bsddb # /usr/lib64/python2.5/bsddb/__init__.pyc matches /usr/lib64/python2.5/bsddb/__init__.py import bsddb # precompiled from /usr/lib64/python2.5/bsddb/__init__.pyc dlopen("/usr/lib64/python2.5/lib-dynload/_bsddb.so", 2); import _bsddb # dynamically loaded from /usr/lib64/python2.5/lib-dynload/_bsddb.so # /usr/lib64/python2.5/bsddb/dbutils.pyc matches /usr/lib64/python2.5/bsddb/dbutils.py import bsddb.dbutils # precompiled from /usr/lib64/python2.5/bsddb/dbutils.pyc # /usr/lib64/python2.5/bsddb/db.pyc matches /usr/lib64/python2.5/bsddb/db.py import bsddb.db # precompiled from /usr/lib64/python2.5/bsddb/db.pyc # /usr/lib64/python2.5/weakref.pyc matches /usr/lib64/python2.5/weakref.py import weakref # precompiled from /usr/lib64/python2.5/weakref.pyc dlopen("/usr/lib64/python2.5/lib-dynload/_weakref.so", 2); import _weakref # dynamically loaded from /usr/lib64/python2.5/lib-dynload/_weakref.so Segmentation fault sean