I just reproduced this exact issue in Jaunty (dovecot 1:1.1.11-0ubuntu2). That is; I set my clock to run ahead, restarted my network which triggered a ntpdate. Hence my clock was set back to the correct time, leading to dovecot shutting itself down.
"dovecot: Fatal: Time just moved backwards by 420 seconds. This might cause a lot of problems, so I'll just kill myself now. http://wiki.dovecot.org/TimeMovedBackwards"; Today dovecot-common Suggest the package ntp. Perhaps it could at least be upgraded to a Recommends? ** Changed in: dovecot (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- dovecot-imapd incompatible with ntpdate use https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/347881 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to dovecot in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
