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Re: clock problem and postfix behaviour

From: Ralf Hildebrandt (Ralf.Hildebrandtcharite.de)
Date: Wed Mar 01 2006 - 06:32:36 CST


* Dhawal Doshy <dhawalnetmagicsolutions.com>:

> >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.

Of course one runs "ntpdate" BEFORE starting ntpd. Our book mentions
the need for a stable clock on a mail server
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