Floris Bos:
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> Hi,
>
> On Sunday, January 09, 2011 09:34:10 pm Wietse Venema wrote:
> > Floris Bos:
> > > > > sendmail: fatal: unsupported dictionary type: mysql
> > > >
> > > > This means that MySQL support is not compiled into your Postfix
> > > > sendmail command.
> > >
> > > Do I need any special compile option other than the standard -DHAS_MYSQL
> > > (and include/library directory) to get the support into sendmail?
> >
> > Hmm. It seems that only "local" file-based databases (hash, btree,
> > regexp, pcre, etc.) are linked into the user commands, not the
> > higher-level databases that require access to the network.
> >
> > This is certainly something that could be changed, but then it
> > means that
> >
> > a) Postfix can't accept local submission when the network
> > is down (for example when the machine is booting).
>
> Well, in our use case MySQL runs locally, and is started right before
> Postfix.
> So that would be acceptable.
No it would not.
Postfix must be able to accept mail BEFORE it is started,
A standard example is where some editor boot-time script sends
notices to users that their edit session is saved and how they can
recover it.
Losing mail is not acceptable at any time.
Wietse
