diff --git a/email_account/email_account b/email_account/email_account
index a0b3cce..2cdadd7 100755
--- a/email_account/email_account
+++ b/email_account/email_account
@@ -341,10 +341,10 @@ restore_cyrus_state ()
 		echo "Restarting cyrus failed"
 		exit 1
 	fi
-	invoke-rc.d --quiet postfix restart
+	invoke-rc.d --quiet postfix reload
 	if [ ! $? -eq 0 ]
 	then
-		echo "Restarting postfix failed"
+		echo "Reloading postfix failed"
 		exit 1
 	fi
 }