Read the wiki that was linked. It could be anything from ntpd/OS/hardware bug. It isn't uncommon for there to be TSC timing issues as well. I have a cutting edge server that has a bug that breaks TSC and causes timing issues. Luckily, my OS is relatively good at not stepping backwards in time.
Jack
On 10/17/2012 1:26 AM, Hendrik wrote:
Hi All
I have been trying to get this website running for months now. I get this emails from cpanel and don't know how to fix it. If anyone can help me please contact me at pipefab@mweb.co.za.
Kind regards
Hendrik
imap failed @ Fri Oct 12 05:51:18 2012. A restart was attempted automagically.
Service Check Method: [check command]
Number of Restart Attempts: 1
Cmd Service Check Raw Output: dovecot is not running
Startup Log: /etc/init.d/dovecot: line 15: 6043 Alarm clock /usr/sbin/dovecot > /dev/null 2>&1
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This might cause a lot of problems, so I'll just kill myself now. http://wiki.dovecot.org/TimeMovedBackwards