How do I stop/disable/remove dovecot and postfix?

Hello,
So the story is somehow I managed to install Lion Server on my personal computer from the App Store. Fine until I realized all the proccesses my computer is spending resources on now. I've looked through what I think is every guide in the book on how to "remove" Lion Server, meaning just disable the additional servers it installs. I think I've gotten almost all of it, following basic things such as shutting everything "off" in Server.app.
Seems that though, no matter what Launch daemons or agents I disable, two are persistent on starting up with my comptuer and I can't seem to rid myself of them. Yes, I need to stop/disable/remove them. The following shows up in Console.app > All Messages:
Dovecot (or something related):
1/24/12 10:57:58.490 PM dovecot: lda: Error: userdb lookup: connect(/var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb) failed: No such file or directory
1/24/12 10:57:58.491 PM dovecot: lda: Fatal: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information.
Postfix:
1/24/12 10:57:58.105 PM postfix/master: master exit time has arrived
1/24/12 10:57:58.143 PM postfix/master: daemon started -- version 2.8.4, configuration /etc/postfix
1/24/12 10:57:58.160 PM postfix/qmgr: 127555F00C2C: from=<>, size=6804, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
1/24/12 10:57:58.508 PM postfix/pipe: 127555F00C2C: to=<[email protected]>, relay=dovecot, delay=2877, delays=2876/0.03/0/0.31, dsn=4.3.0, status=deferred (temporary failure)
I believe both of these are related to mail somehow. I have ticked off "Mail" switch box in Server.app.
These messages keep on looping in the Console since I'm assuming they are crashing and then restarting due to a "stay alive" in some plist file I can't seem to find...
Please, I would be very grateful to anyone who can help me unclutter my Console of these messages. I know I can filter senders, but I will like to see if I might get some advice to resolve this. I'm sure it's minimal, but it can't be good for battery life. I wish I had the time to do a fresh install of the client.
Cheers!
Ryan

I have the exact same problem, and I'd appreciate a response. My logs are flooded by nonsense!

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