Hi all,

I've got a small issue with qmail. My server time is set to GMT and if I send a mail to myself it comes back as being cst (or what ever texas is).

Any ideas how to change this 'feature' as I'm sure all non US owners have the same problem. I just know I'll have a million users complaining if I cannot fix this problem.


Boomer

It's easy to do. Just log on as root and type:

timeconfig

and set the timezone from the menu. Set the hardware clock to GMT, and set the timezone to whatever's the most sensible (so when GMT changes to BST, you'll get the right time, even though the hardware clock remains on GMT).

Another thing you can do with time is sync it to an accurate clock - try:

rdate -s tock.usno.navy.mil

(This won't alter your timezone setting though).
There are rdate servers all over the place - do a Google search for them.