Bug#1004537: exim4: Does not reload expiring TLS certificate; clients cannot connect

[Marc Haber]

severity #1004537 minor
thanks

On Sun, Jan 30, 2022 at 10:43:02AM +0200, Harri Suutari wrote:
> During long server uptime TLS certificate can expire and clients cannot connect
> anymore. For example Let's Encrypt offers only three months valid time for
> certificates.
> 
>  Manual fix if is to restart the server manually or by Cron, but maybe this
> should be handled as default by the package configuration.

Not even Apache reloads automatically.

Restarting the mail server can trivially be accomplished by the process
that renews the certificate.

I don't see this as a bug or an item that is worth spending developer
time on.

Greetings
Marc

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