Sorry, I checked and it's already ok:

dovecot -a |grep shutdown

shutdown_clients = yes

----Messaggio originale---- Da: eduardo@freedominterface.org Data: 13/11/2014 2.18 A: <dovecot@dovecot.org> Ogg: Re: pop3/imap hanging processes

Take a look at ' shutdown_clients' parameter.

http://wiki2.dovecot.org/RunningDovecot

On 11/12/2014 07:37 PM, absolutely_free@libero.it wrote:

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Hi, I am using Dovecot 2.0.9 on CentOS server.I noticed that when I type: service dovecot stop, there are several imap / pop3 dovecot processes that remain active.Which parameter controls this?How can I have dovecot closing these processes more quickly?Thank you