ESGLinux wrote: > > that was my first idea, (and woks well with other servers). > but dovecot kills itself when the time goes backwards > > as you see in > http://wiki.dovecot.org/TimeMovedBackwards > > 1 You're running ntpdate periodically. This isn't a good idea. Nope. You make sure ntp's not running, do that *once*, then fire up service ntp. Several things: try putting into your /etc/ntp.conf, AS THE VERY FIRST LINE, tinker panic 0 This will keep ntp from having heart failure if the jump's too large. And I know you're on Xen, but you might see if they have something similar to VMWare's Timekeeping best practices for Linux <http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=1006427&sliceId=1> mark -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list