Exim Mail Server Commands

Starting Exim Mail Server

root@server [~]# service exim start
Starting exim:                                             [  OK  ]
Starting exim-smtps:                                       [  OK  ]
Starting antirelayd:                                       [  OK  ]
Starting spamd:
root@server [~]#

Stoping Exim Mail Server

root@server [~]# service exim stop
Shutting down exim:                                        [  OK  ]
Shutting down antirelayd:                                  [  OK  ]
Shutting down spamd:                                       [  OK  ]
root@server [~]#

Exim Mail Server Status

root@server [~]# service exim status
exim (pid 26408 26403) is running...
root@server [~]#

In cpanel servers, you can restart exim with command

root@server [~]# /scripts/restartsrv_exim
Starting exim:                                             [  OK  ]
Starting exim-smtps:                                       [  OK  ]
Starting antirelayd:                                       [  OK  ]
Starting spamd:                                            [  OK  ]
Starting antirelayd:                                       [  OK  ]
root@server [~]#

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