> and off course dovecot falls over too "Time just moved > backwards by 39599 seconds." > > Now, 39600s is 11 hours, which is (inc DST) *MY* offset from > Greenwich. > > > So what am I doing wrong? I have this problem when dead batteries on the mobo prevent the hwclock from preserving the time. Reboots don't show this (shutdown -r) but yanking the AC to fiddle with switches on the cards (which takes pulling them out) or swapping known-good with suspect-under-test gives me a boot-up time somewhere back in August of 2006. ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.Hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated**