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<h1><img src="postfix-logo.jpg" width="203" height="98" ALT="">Postfix PostgreSQL Howto</h1>
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<h2>Introduction</h2>
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<p> The Postfix pgsql map type allows you to hook up Postfix to a
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PostgreSQL database. This implementation allows for multiple pgsql
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databases: you can use one for a virtual(5) table, one for an
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access(5) table, and one for an aliases(5) table if you want. You
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can specify multiple servers for the same database, so that Postfix
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can switch to a good database server if one goes bad. </p>
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<p> Busy mail servers using pgsql maps will generate lots of
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concurrent pgsql clients, so the pgsql server(s) should be run with
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this fact in mind. You can reduce the number of concurrent pgsql
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clients by using the Postfix proxymap(8) service. </p>
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<h2>Building Postfix with PostgreSQL support</h2>
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<p> Note: to use pgsql with Debian GNU/Linux's Postfix, all you
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need to do is to install the postfix-pgsql package and you're done.
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There is no need to recompile Postfix. </p>
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<p> In order to build Postfix with pgsql map support, you specify
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-DHAS_PGSQL, the directory with the PostgreSQL header files, and
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the location of the libpq library file. </p>
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<p> For example: </p>
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<pre>
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% make tidy
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% make -f Makefile.init makefiles \
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'CCARGS=-DHAS_PGSQL -I/usr/local/include/pgsql' \
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'AUXLIBS=-L/usr/local/lib -lpq'
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</pre>
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</blockquote>
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<p> Then just run 'make'. </p>
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<h2>Configuring PostgreSQL lookup tables</h2>
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<p> Once Postfix is built with pgsql support, you can specify a
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map type in main.cf like this: </p>
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<pre>
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/etc/postfix/main.cf:
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alias_maps = pgsql:/etc/postfix/pgsql-aliases.cf
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</pre>
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</blockquote>
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<p> The file /etc/postfix/pgsql-aliases.cf specifies lots of
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information telling postfix how to reference the pgsql database.
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For a complete description, see the pgsql_table(5) manual page. </p>
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<h2>Example: local aliases </h2>
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<pre>
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# pgsql config file for local(8) aliases(5) lookups
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#
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#
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# The hosts that Postfix will try to connect to
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hosts = host1.some.domain host2.some.domain
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# The user name and password to log into the pgsql server.
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user = someone
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password = some_password
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# The database name on the servers.
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dbname = customer_database
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# Postfix 2.2 and later The SQL query template. See pgsql_table(5).
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query = SELECT forw_addr FROM mxaliases WHERE alias='%s' AND status='paid'
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# For Postfix releases prior to 2.2. See pgsql_table(5) for details.
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select_field = forw_addr
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table = mxaliases
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where_field = alias
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# Don't forget the leading "AND"!
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additional_conditions = AND status = 'paid'
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</pre>
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<h2>Using mirrored databases</h2>
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<p> Sites that have a need for multiple mail exchangers may enjoy
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the convenience of using a networked mailer database, but do not
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want to introduce a single point of failure to their system. </p>
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<p> For this reason we've included the ability to have Postfix
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reference multiple hosts for access to a single pgsql map. This
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will work if sites set up mirrored pgsql databases on two or more
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hosts. </p>
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<p> Whenever queries fail with an error at one host, the rest of
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the hosts will be tried in random order. If no pgsql server hosts
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are reachable, then mail will be deferred until at least one of
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those hosts is reachable. </p>
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<h2>Credits</h2>
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<ul>
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<li> This code is based upon the Postfix mysql map by Scott Cotton
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and Joshua Marcus, IC Group, Inc.</li>
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<li> The PostgreSQL changes were done by Aaron Sethman.</li>
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<li> Updates for Postfix 1.1.x and PostgreSQL 7.1+ and support for
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calling stored procedures were added by Philip Warner.</li>
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<li> LaMont Jones was the initial Postfix pgsql maintainer.</li>
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<li> Liviu Daia revised the configuration interface and added the
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main.cf configuration feature.</li>
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<li> Liviu Daia revised the configuration interface and added the main.cf
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configuration feature.</li>
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<li> Liviu Daia with further refinements from Jose Luis Tallon and
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Victor Duchovni developed the common query, result_format, domain and
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expansion_limit interface for LDAP, MySQL and PosgreSQL.</li>
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</ul>
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