How to stop system mail?

M$ISBS · 04-20-2011, 06:40 PM

I removed exim4 because I dont need it but then 3 new processes popped up after, They are Master, Pickup and, qmgr. I read about them having something to do with the system mail agent, I dont use mail. How can I completely remove the system mail so these processes go away without coming back?

Sayan Acharjee · 04-21-2011, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by M$ISBS

I removed exim4 because I dont need it but then 3 new processes popped up after, They are Master, Pickup and, qmgr. I read about them having something to do with the system mail agent, I dont use mail. How can I completely remove the system mail so these processes go away without coming back?

Which distro you are using?

Disable those services from starting at run level start up.

M$ISBS · 04-21-2011, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Sayan Acharjee

Which distro you are using?

Disable those services from starting at run level start up.

I am using Xubuntu 10.10 Where do I disable them from starting at?

unSpawn · 04-22-2011, 03:08 AM

While removing services is a good way to keep the machine lean it isn't the only way to stop services. Avoiding stuff like 'rm -f /etc/rc5.d/S24avahi-daemon' or 'mv /etc/rc5.d/S24avahi-daemon /etc/rc5.d/K24avahi-daemon': from the GUI: System > Administration > Services and from the CLI: 'sudo update-rc.d -f avahi-daemon remove'. Also the Ubuntu Documentation may be worth a read.

M$ISBS · 04-23-2011, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by unSpawn

While removing services is a good way to keep the machine lean it isn't the only way to stop services. Avoiding stuff like 'rm -f /etc/rc5.d/S24avahi-daemon' or 'mv /etc/rc5.d/S24avahi-daemon /etc/rc5.d/K24avahi-daemon': from the GUI: System > Administration > Services and from the CLI: 'sudo update-rc.d -f avahi-daemon remove'. Also the Ubuntu Documentation may be worth a read.

I didnt know about the command line " update-rc.d -f " Thanks. I have read online about using System > Administration > Services but I dont have that in any of my menus. I am using Xfce.