postfix stop

Category: Mail Servers & Postfix

postfix stop

Stop Postfix after current deliveries finish

Shuts down the mail system in an orderly fashion, letting running processes terminate at their earliest convenience. For config changes use `postfix reload` instead of stop followed by start, which drops the queue state unnecessarily.
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