systemctl reload postfix

Category: Mail Servers & Postfix

systemctl reload postfix

Reload Postfix config without dropping connections

Tells systemd to signal Postfix to re-read its configuration, which existing sessions pick up at their earliest convenience. Preferred over restart when only settings changed, since established SMTP connections stay up. Check results with `journalctl -u postfix -f`.
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