Take a look at ' shutdown_clients' parameter.

http://wiki2.dovecot.org/RunningDovecot

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

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