okay I cant figure this out but /etc/init.d/postfix stop is not stopping postfix. Any ideas why?

www-virt 04:24:39 ~ $ cat /etc/init.d/postfix
#!/bin/sh -e

# Start or stop Postfix
#
# LaMont Jones <lamont@debian.org>
# based on sendmail's init.d script

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: postfix mail-transport-agent
# Required-Start: $local_fs $remote_fs $syslog $named $network $time
# Required-Stop: $local_fs $remote_fs $syslog $named $network
# Should-Start: postgresql mysql clamav-daemon postgrey spamassassin saslauthd dovecot
# Should-Stop: postgresql mysql clamav-daemon postgrey spamassassin saslauthd dovecot
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: start and stop the Postfix Mail Transport Agent
# Description: postfix is a Mail Transport agent
### END INIT INFO

PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin
DAEMON=/usr/sbin/postfix
NAME=Postfix
TZ=
unset TZ

# Defaults - don't touch, edit /etc/default/postfix
SYNC_CHROOT="y"

test -f /etc/default/postfix && . /etc/default/postfix

test -x $DAEMON && test -f /etc/postfix/main.cf || exit 0

. /lib/lsb/init-functions
#DISTRO=$(lsb_release -is 2>/dev/null || echo Debian)

enabled_instances() {
postmulti -l -a | awk '($3=="y") { print $1}'
}

running() {
INSTANCE="$1"
if [ "X$INSTANCE" = X ]; then
POSTCONF="postconf"
else
POSTCONF="postmulti -i $INSTANCE -x postconf"
fi

queue=$($POSTCONF -h queue_directory 2>/dev/null || echo /var/spool/postfix)
if [ -f ${queue}/pid/master.pid ]; then
pid=$(sed 's/ //g' ${queue}/pid/master.pid)
# what directory does the executable live in. stupid prelink systems.
dir=$(ls -l /proc/$pid/exe 2>/dev/null | sed 's/.* -> //; s/\/[^\/]*$//')
if [ "X$dir" = "X/usr/lib/postfix" ]; then
echo y
fi
fi
}

configure_instance() {
INSTANCE="$1"
if [ "X$INSTANCE" = X ]; then
POSTCONF="postconf"
else
POSTCONF="postmulti -i $INSTANCE -x postconf"
fi


# if you set myorigin to 'ubuntu.com' or 'debian.org', it's wrong, and annoys the admins of
# those domains. See also sender_canonical_maps.

MYORIGIN=$($POSTCONF -h myorigin | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z')
if [ "X${MYORIGIN#/}" != "X${MYORIGIN}" ]; then
MYORIGIN=$(tr 'A-Z' 'a-z' < $MYORIGIN)
fi
if [ "X$MYORIGIN" = Xubuntu.com ] || [ "X$MYORIGIN" = Xdebian.org ]; then
log_failure_msg "Invalid \$myorigin ($MYORIGIN), refusing to start"
log_end_msg 1
exit 1
fi

config_dir=$($POSTCONF -h config_directory)
# see if anything is running chrooted.
NEED_CHROOT=$(awk '/^[0-9a-z]/ && ($5 ~ "[-yY]") { print "y"; exit}' ${config_dir}/master.cf)

if [ -n "$NEED_CHROOT" ] && [ -n "$SYNC_CHROOT" ]; then
# Make sure that the chroot environment is set up correctly.
oldumask=$(umask)
umask 022
queue_dir=$($POSTCONF -h queue_directory)
cd "$queue_dir"

# copy the CA path if specified
ca_path=$($POSTCONF -h smtp_tls_CApath)
case "$ca_path" in
'') :;; # no ca_path
$queue_dir/*) :;; # skip stuff already in chroot, (and to make vim syntax happy: */)
*)
if test -d "$ca_path"; then
dest_dir="$queue_dir/${ca_path#/}"
# strip any/all trailing /
while [ "${dest_dir%/}" != "${dest_dir}" ]; do
dest_dir="${dest_dir%/}"
done
new=0
if test -d "$dest_dir"; then
# write to a new directory ...
dest_dir="${dest_dir}.NEW"
new=1
fi
mkdir --parent ${dest_dir}
# handle files in subdirectories
(cd "$ca_path" && find . -name '*.pem' -print0 | cpio -0pdL --quiet "$dest_dir") 2>/dev/null ||
(log_failure_msg failure copying certificates; exit 1)
c_rehash "$dest_dir" >/dev/null 2>&1
if [ "$new" = 1 ]; then
# and replace the old directory
rm -rf "${dest_dir%.NEW}"
mv "$dest_dir" "${dest_dir%.NEW}"
fi
fi
;;
esac

# if there is a CA file, copy it
ca_file=$($POSTCONF -h smtp_tls_CAfile)
case "$ca_file" in
$queue_dir/*) :;; # skip stuff already in chroot
'') # no ca_file
# or copy the bundle to preserve functionality
ca_bundle=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
if [ -f $ca_bundle ]; then
mkdir --parent "$queue_dir/${ca_bundle%/*}"
cp -L "$ca_bundle" "$queue_dir/${ca_bundle%/*}"
fi
;;
*)
if test -f "$ca_file"; then
dest_dir="$queue_dir/${ca_path#/}"
mkdir --parent "$dest_dir"
cp -L "$ca_file" "$dest_dir"
fi
;;
esac

# if we're using unix:passwd.byname, then we need to add etc/passwd.
local_maps=$($POSTCONF -h local_recipient_maps)
if [ "X$local_maps" != "X${local_maps#*unix:passwd.byname}" ]; then
if [ "X$local_maps" = "X${local_maps#*proxy:unix:passwd.byname}" ]; then
sed 's/^\([^:]*\):[^:]*/\1:x/' /etc/passwd > etc/passwd
chmod a+r etc/passwd
fi
fi

FILES="etc/localtime etc/services etc/resolv.conf etc/hosts \
etc/nsswitch.conf etc/nss_mdns.config"
for file in $FILES; do
[ -d ${file%/*} ] || mkdir -p ${file%/*}
if [ -f /${file} ]; then rm -f ${file} && cp /${file} ${file}; fi
if [ -f ${file} ]; then chmod a+rX ${file}; fi
done
# ldaps needs this. debian bug 572841
(echo /dev/random; echo /dev/urandom) | cpio -pdL --quiet . 2>/dev/null || true
rm -f usr/lib/zoneinfo/localtime
mkdir -p usr/lib/zoneinfo
ln -sf /etc/localtime usr/lib/zoneinfo/localtime

LIBLIST=$(for name in gcc_s nss resolv; do
for f in /lib/*/lib${name}*.so* /lib/lib${name}*.so*; do
if [ -f "$f" ]; then echo ${f#/}; fi;
done;
done)

if [ -n "$LIBLIST" ]; then
for f in "$LIBLIST"; do
rm -f "$f"
done
tar cf - -C / $LIBLIST 2>/dev/null |tar xf -
fi
umask $oldumask
fi
}

case "$1" in
start)
log_daemon_msg "Starting Postfix Mail Transport Agent" postfix
RET=0
# for all instances that are not already running, handle chroot setup if needed, and start
for INSTANCE in $(enabled_instances); do
RUNNING=$(running $INSTANCE)
if [ "X$RUNNING" = X ]; then
configure_instance $INSTANCE
CMD="/usr/sbin/postmulti -- -i $INSTANCE -x ${DAEMON}"
if ! start-stop-daemon --start --exec $CMD quiet-quick-start; then
RET=1
fi
fi
done
log_end_msg $RET
;;

stop)
log_daemon_msg "Stopping Postfix Mail Transport Agent" postfix
RET=0
# for all instances that are not already running, handle chroot setup if needed, and start
for INSTANCE in $(enabled_instances); do
RUNNING=$(running $INSTANCE)
if [ "X$RUNNING" != X ]; then
CMD="/usr/sbin/postmulti -i $INSTANCE -x ${DAEMON}"
if ! ${CMD} quiet-stop; then
RET=1
fi
fi
done
log_end_msg $RET
;;

restart)
$0 stop
$0 start
;;

force-reload|reload)
log_action_begin_msg "Reloading Postfix configuration"
if ${DAEMON} quiet-reload; then
log_action_end_msg 0
else
log_action_end_msg 1
fi
;;

status)
ALL=1
ANY=0
# for all instances that are not already running, handle chroot setup if needed, and start
for INSTANCE in $(enabled_instances); do
RUNNING=$(running $INSTANCE)
if [ "X$RUNNING" != X ]; then
ANY=1
else
ALL=0
fi
done
# handle the case when postmulti returns *no* configured instances
if [ $ANY = 0 ]; then
ALL=0
fi
if [ $ALL = 1 ]; then
log_success_msg "postfix is running"
exit 0
elif [ $ANY = 1 ]; then
log_success_msg "some postfix instances are running"
exit 0
else
log_success_msg "postfix is not running"
exit 3
fi
;;

flush|check|abort)
${DAEMON} $1
;;

*)
log_action_msg "Usage: /etc/init.d/postfix {start|stop|restart|reload|flush|check|abort|force-reload|status}"
exit 1
;;
esac

exit 0

You don't have to post your /etc/init.d/postfix in full unless you modified it yourself (which you should not do anyway).

Instead, you should tell us:

* OS (Debian or Ubuntu, that's for sure). and version.
* What happens when you do "/etc/init.d/postfix stop"
* How do you know that it's not stopped.
* Any relevant error message (or lack of it) in /var/log/daemon.log when you stop postfix.