Can't disable imap/pop?

[Zvi]

Hi All,

on my VPS, I've disabled mailserver in WHM, also disabled exim, imap, mailma, etc.

Still, ps shows
dovecot 18243 0.0 0.3 4792 1840 ? S 20:28 0:00 pop3-login
dovecot 18244 0.0 0.3 4792 1840 ? S 20:28 0:00 pop3-login
dovecot 18245 0.0 0.3 4796 1840 ? S 20:28 0:00 imap-login
dovecot 18246 0.0 0.3 4796 1840 ? S 20:28 0:00 imap-login
root 18201 0.0 0.1 1796 588 ? Ss 20:28 0:00 /usr/sbin/dovecot
root 18203 0.0 0.1 2236 880 ? S 20:28 0:00 dovecot-auth

How can I get rid of them?

I've rebooted the system just in case, no help, those are still up.

Does cpanel need them for something even if I disable all mail on the box?

P.S. Also, do I need any of those to send mail from php, which is using sendmail in php.ini, and does cpanel need any of it itself to send me notifications from root?

[cPanelEric]

Howdy,

I don't have all of my tools but I'd check out:

/scripts/setupmailserver

via ssh. Last I recall it had a disable mode where you can shut imap and pop3 out.

Thanks!

[Zvi]

Thanks!

I've figured it out, it was dovecote that was bringing them up. After disabling it all is fine.