From: Dhawal Doshy (dhawalnetmagicsolutions.com)
Date: Wed Mar 01 2006 - 06:30:34 CST

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Amol Hatwar wrote:
> *Chop*
>> I'm wondering if I could have done something differently to avoid this
>> problem, but I don't have the answer for now. Any idea ?
>>
>
> Yes. You could have run ntpd before the fiasco happened.

I doubt running ntp is a solution.. ntp will sync the time and NOT the
date, though i could be mistaken.

- dhawal

>> Or maybe something in Postfix could be implemented to avoid this annoying
>> behaviour ? I imagine it's not the first time that this problem occurs, and
>> it certainly won't be the last time ! After a power loss, we don't have to
>> time to read the whole Postfix manual, so I think it will be better if
>> Postfix could handle this problem automatically whatever the admin mistakes !
>
> Keeping accurate time is the system's responsibility, not the mail
> servers. If you computer has a defective system clock or suffers with
> serious clock drifts, you _should_ install ntpd. In your case you should
> use a combination of ntpdate and ntpd at startup.
>
> Regards,
>
> ah
>

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