Re: systemctl restart or reload?

Jeremy Harris via Exim-users <[email protected]> Thu, 4 Jun 2026 15:14:43 +0100

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On 2026/06/04 2:42 PM, Ray O'Donnell via Exim-users wrote:
> When a LetsEncrypt certificate gets renewed automatically, and I want Exim to pick up the new cert, is it enough to do "sudo systemctl reload exim4" (I'm on Debian), or do I need to do "sudo systemctl restart exim4"?
> 
Neither is required; the new cert should be picked up automatically.
If for some reason you don't trust it, a reload would suffice
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Cheers,
   Jeremy

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