two problems: mail and time

[Shelagh Manton]

On Wed, 03 May 2006 20:16:17 +1000, Shelagh Manton wrote:

> I can't email at the moment as it says I am blocked because I'm using
> localhost.localdomain as a mail server. (Not as far as I'm aware tho')
> I've had a look at postfix to see if it is set to send out. Seems ok.
> 
> Did a dpkg-reconfigure postfix and answered all questions to say local
> service only.
> 
> 
> Problem two: I'm doing some time travelling at the moment. Some days I'm
> in August of 2006, last week I was in oct of 2004 and at some stage I was
> was at the beginning of all time Jan ? 1970, or thereabouts. Obviously I
> need ntp-server. However, it is installed and it says it supposed to start
> up in rc level 0. However I do not see any sign of it in the ntp messages
> during bootup.
> 
> Now for the nitty-gritty.
> I have updated to dapper and am up to date as of today. Pentium4
> not a laptop
> 
> Any other info you need? Of course there is! But I'm too tired to think of
> it now.
> 
> Hope this works
> 
> Shelagh

Ummm... this is a sylpheed-claws issue not mail settings in general.
Just tested out evolution with no problems. However I'm still wondering
how to fix my time-bemused computer.

SOM