Re: [OT] Achieving Time-Synch at mailserver

[Russ Allbery]

Peter van Dijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> But when does xntpd send out requests then? It seems to only do so every
> once in a while, and if I'm not dialed in at that time, it fails.

Most of what clock synchronization software does, though, is to figure out
how much your clock drifts naturally and then just keep adjusting for that
drift.  It only needs occasional external data to correct it's idea of the
internal drift, not constant data.

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Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED])             <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>