12 Nov
2005
12 Nov
'05
19:05
François Pinard wrote:
[Aldrik KLEBER]
this is a very bad idea to put an ntpdate in a crontab because : [...] 2) the time can go back (set from 10:04:57 to 10:01:32), which is critical for mail servers,
I'm curious. How or why would it be critical?
I'm not sure about mail servers, but the post office wants to ensure snail mail is properly aged, before delivery. ;-)