First off, thanks for your time, thoughts and replies. For some I will have to study and ponder before I reply. For a bit of background, this project was to setup a new email server to eventually replace the current, aging server with new software and hardware. This was my first foray into setting up an e-mail server, although I have set up several NginX web servers and a Reverse Proxy Server.
@rg305 After studying several web references or tutorials I ultimately followed this series of tutorials (Mail Server Archives - LinuxBabe) where parts 2 (Part 2: Install Dovecot IMAP server on Debian & Enable TLS Encryption - LinuxBabe) and 6? (How to Host Multiple Mail Domains in PostfixAdmin on Ubuntu) discuss the use of LetsEncrypt. According to my notes we followed his instruction for setting up the initial domain (RDKsCorner.EU) and then those for the second domain (Aspentree.com).
The computer is running Linux 10 (Buster) on Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.4. The firewall is IPTABLES working in conjunction with FAIL2BAN. All web and e-mail ports are allowed by IPTABLES except those banned by FAIL2BAN for POSTFIX or DOVECOT failed intrusions. The web services for both domains are set to only respond to the ACME challenge.
I did not restart POSTFIX or DOVECOT after the renew on Nov 29, did not recall needing to do that before. I did restart them on Dec 19. I have since then rebooted the server on Dec 19.
Also, please note, until this last renew, this server has functioned correctly for almost a year for the first domain and for almost 3 months for the second domain.
I will continue working through all of the replies and will formulate answers as best I can....RDK
Below are the results from "/etc/letsencrypt/archive/mail.rdkscorner.eu", "/etc/letsencrypt/live/mail.rdkscorner.eu", "sudo netstat -tulpn | grep LISTEN" and "sudo ss -tulpn | grep LISTEN".
sudo ls /etc/letsencrypt/live/mail.rdkscorner.eu -l
total 4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 42 Nov 29 10:54 cert.pem -> ../../archive/mail.rdkscorner.eu/cert4.pem
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 43 Nov 29 10:54 chain.pem -> ../../archive/mail.rdkscorner.eu/chain4.pem
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 47 Nov 29 10:54 fullchain.pem -> ../../archive/mail.rdkscorner.eu/fullchain4.pem
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 45 Nov 29 10:54 privkey.pem -> ../../archive/mail.rdkscorner.eu/privkey4.pem
-rw-r-xr--+ 1 root root 692 May 1 2022 README
$ sudo ls /etc/letsencrypt/archive/mail.rdkscorner.eu -l
total 80
-rw-r-xr--+ 1 root root 1854 May 1 2022 cert1.pem
-rw-r-xr--+ 1 root root 1854 Jul 8 07:56 cert2.pem
-rw-r-xr--+ 1 root root 1854 Sep 16 09:11 cert3.pem
-rw-r-xr--+ 1 root root 1854 Nov 29 10:54 cert4.pem
-rw-r-xr--+ 1 root root 3750 May 1 2022 chain1.pem
-rw-r-xr--+ 1 root root 3750 Jul 8 07:56 chain2.pem
-rw-r-xr--+ 1 root root 3750 Sep 16 09:11 chain3.pem
-rw-r-xr--+ 1 root root 3750 Nov 29 10:54 chain4.pem
-rw-r-xr--+ 1 root root 5604 May 1 2022 fullchain1.pem
-rw-r-xr--+ 1 root root 5604 Jul 8 07:56 fullchain2.pem
-rw-r-xr--+ 1 root root 5604 Sep 16 09:11 fullchain3.pem
-rw-r-xr--+ 1 root root 5604 Nov 29 10:54 fullchain4.pem
-rw-r-x---+ 1 root root 1704 May 1 2022 privkey1.pem
-rw-r-x---+ 1 root root 1704 Jul 8 07:56 privkey2.pem
-rw-r-x---+ 1 root root 1708 Sep 16 09:11 privkey3.pem
-rw-r-x---+ 1 root root 1704 Nov 29 10:54 privkey4.pem
$ sudo netstat -tulpn | grep LISTEN
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:80 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 806/nginx: master p
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:465 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 995/master
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:22 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 775/sshd
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:631 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 28355/cupsd
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:25 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 995/master
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:445 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 833/smbd
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:993 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 696/dovecot
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:995 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 696/dovecot
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:3306 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 788/mysqld
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:587 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 995/master
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:139 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 833/smbd
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:5900 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 710/vncserver-x11-c
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:2222 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 775/sshd
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:110 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 696/dovecot
$ sudo ss -tulpn | grep LISTEN
tcp LISTEN 0 511 0.0.0.0:80 0.0.0.0:* users:(("nginx",pid=28344,fd=10),("nginx",pid=28343,fd=10),("nginx",pid=28342,fd=10),("nginx",pid=28341,fd=10),("nginx",pid=806,fd=10))
tcp LISTEN 0 100 0.0.0.0:465 0.0.0.0:* users:(("master",pid=995,fd=20))
tcp LISTEN 0 128 0.0.0.0:22 0.0.0.0:* users:(("sshd",pid=775,fd=5))
tcp LISTEN 0 5 127.0.0.1:631 0.0.0.0:* users:(("cupsd",pid=28355,fd=7))
tcp LISTEN 0 100 0.0.0.0:25 0.0.0.0:* users:(("master",pid=995,fd=13))
tcp LISTEN 0 50 0.0.0.0:445 0.0.0.0:* users:(("smbd",pid=833,fd=34))
tcp LISTEN 0 100 0.0.0.0:993 0.0.0.0:* users:(("dovecot",pid=696,fd=43))
tcp LISTEN 0 100 0.0.0.0:995 0.0.0.0:* users:(("dovecot",pid=696,fd=24))
tcp LISTEN 0 80 127.0.0.1:3306 0.0.0.0:* users:(("mysqld",pid=788,fd=23))
tcp LISTEN 0 100 0.0.0.0:587 0.0.0.0:* users:(("master",pid=995,fd=17))
tcp LISTEN 0 50 0.0.0.0:139 0.0.0.0:* users:(("smbd",pid=833,fd=35))
tcp LISTEN 0 5 0.0.0.0:5900 0.0.0.0:* users:(("vncserver-x11-c",pid=710,fd=12))
tcp LISTEN 0 128 0.0.0.0:2222 0.0.0.0:* users:(("sshd",pid=775,fd=3))
tcp LISTEN 0 100 0.0.0.0:110 0.0.0.0:* users:(("dovecot",pid=696,fd=22))
tcp LISTEN 0 100 0.0.0.0:143 0.0.0.0:* users:(("dovecot",pid=696,fd=41))