Status

• DONE

Introduction

I needed postfix to handle virtual domains contained in a MYSQL database. Postfix is by default not compiled with MySQL support. I'll provide 2 options. The first option is to install it using yum from my repo. The second option is to compile it yourself.

Install Using Yum

First you need to add my repo to yum.
> cd /etc/yum.repo.d
> wget www.campworld.net/repos/FC8/campworld.repo

Now install Postfix.
> yum install postfix

Compiling Postfix

First you need to download the postfix source from www.wl0.org and install them.
> wget http://ftp.wl0.org/official/2.4/SRPMS/postfix-2.4.5-3.src.rpm
> rpm -ihv postfix-2.4.5-3.src.rpm

Next generate a new SPEC file.
> cd /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES
> export POSTFIX_MYSQL_REDHAT=1
> export POSTFIX_SASL=2
> export POSTFIX_LDAP=0
> chmod 744 make-postfix.spec
> ./make-postfix.spec

Finally lets compile and install the rpm.
> cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS
> rpmbuild -ba postfix.spec
> cd /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386
> rpm -ivh postfix-2.4.5-3.mysql.sasl2.fc8.i386.rpm

Conclusion

Whichever option you chose, you now have mysql support in postfix.

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