[Dovecot] ntp revisited (so what to do ?)

[Harlan Stenn]

Spyros wrote
> OK,
> 
> So what you people say is :
> 
> 1. Run "ntpdate" during startup only once
> 2. After that, keep time with ntpd 
> 
> Right ?

https://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Support/StartingNTP4 says:

- Start ntd as early as possible
- - "ntpd -g ..." is better than "ntpdate ... ; ntpd ..."
- Wait before starting time-sensitive services
- - As last as possible in the boot sequence, run 'ntp-wait -v', and
    start time-sensitive services after it successfully returns.

I'm fairly certain the above is excellent advice, and BCP.

H