[Dovecot] dovecot and ntp: Fatal: Time just moved backwards

[John Gateley]

Arno Wald wrote:

> Is there a more elegant way to use dovecot and ntpd on a manually dialed 
> in PC?

2 things might help: 1, run ntpd in cron every 10 minutes or so.
That should avoid the startup issue. 2, sync your hardware
clock every time. That should keep your clock closer to
accurate.

You may want to write a script that checks to see if the
'net is up, and only if it is does ntp.

j