Hi, have you try /etc/init.d/fetchmail stop
? Cheers, Jerome On 28/12/2024 17:21, Roger Price wrote:
I would like to stop fetchmail on Debian 11. I tried command systemctl stop fetchmail and system status fetchmail reported ● fetchmail.service - LSB: init-Script for system wide fetchmail daemon Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/fetchmail; generated) Active: inactive (dead) since Sat 2024-12-28 10:37:58 CET; 6h ago Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8) Process: 1250 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/fetchmail start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 1199929 ExecStop=/etc/init.d/fetchmail stop (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Tasks: 1 (limit: 57750) Memory: 1.9M CPU: 6min 33.392s CGroup: /system.slice/fetchmail.service └─1264 /usr/bin/fetchmail -f /etc/fetchmarc --pidfile /var/run/fetchmail/fetchmail.pid --syslog ... Dec 28 17:06:54 titan fetchmail[1264]: reading message mail...@rogerprice.org@mail.gandi.net:1 of 1 (9321 octets) flushed It's dead, but still fetching mail! I tried root@titan ~ /etc/init.d/fetchmail --quit Not starting fetchmail daemon, disabled via /etc/default/fetchmail. but fetchmail goes on fetching mail. What is the correct way of stopping fetchmail? Roger
