# Unexpected certificate expiry warning email

**URL:** <https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/unexpected-certificate-expiry-warning-email/143720>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [January 26, 2021, 5:52pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/unexpected-certificate-expiry-warning-email/143720 "2021-01-26T17:52:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![rayj00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/94ad74/32.png) [@rayj00](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/rayj00)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 5:52pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/unexpected-certificate-expiry-warning-email/143720/1 "2021-01-26T17:52:41Z")

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So I got an email from Let's Encrypt Expiry Bot [expiry@letsencrypt.org](mailto:expiry@letsencrypt.org) saying my cert will expire in 10 days.

But I check the cert with "certbot certificates" and got this:

Expiry Date: 2021-04-17 22:03:39+00:00 (VALID: 81 days)

So I'm good to go right?

Ray

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**Author:** ![griffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/griffin/32/50204_2.png) [@griffin](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/griffin)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 6:34pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/unexpected-certificate-expiry-warning-email/143720/2 "2021-01-26T18:34:56Z")

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Hello 🙂

Yes, so long as that certificate is installed.

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**Author:** ![rg305](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/rg305/32/91314_2.png) [@rg305](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/rg305)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/unexpected-certificate-expiry-warning-email/143720/3 "2021-01-26T21:14:17Z")

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Agreed, you need to test your system from the outside to be sure.  
One simple free service for that (and much more) is: [SSL Server Test (Powered by Qualys SSL Labs)](https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html)

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/original/3X/c/a/ca6c06ea1ea201324bba7048c6841ce60236468d.png) [@system](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/unexpected-certificate-expiry-warning-email/143720/4 "2021-02-25T21:14:22Z")

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Closed on February 25, 2021, 9:14pm UTC

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