* Wietse Venema <[email protected]>: > Zhou, Yan: > > Hi there, > > > > We want to implement SMTP authentication in Postfix and support multiple > > virtual domains. Rather than having user/domain/endpoint in different > > files, we prefer them either in database (Oracle) or LDAP. I am trying > > to weigh the pros and cons of both options. I have not seen examples > > about Oracle (most are with MySQL). We are building a new system, so we > > do not have any legacy data to migrate. > > > > Anyone have an opinion or can direct me to some documents that outline > > pros and cons of Oracle integration and LDAP integration with Postfix? I > > already got LDAP working and find it fairly easy, not sure if Oracle > > integration is just like that. > > > > One question I do have is, it seems that Postfix 2.4.x has bulit-in > > support for LDAP integration, what about with Oracle? If I have to > > recompile Postfix, that would be an disadvantage. > > There currently exists no Oracle client for Postfix. Maybe someone > can donate an ODBC (or other cross-platform) client. It would be > a little slower, but would allow Postfix to talk to lots of databases > without needing a driver for everything and the kitchen sink.
An addendum, simply because I just happened to run into it: OpenDBX <http://www.linuxnetworks.de/doc/index.php/OpenDBX> >From the website: OpenDBX is an extremely lightweight but extensible database access library written in C. It provides an abstraction layer to all supported databases with a single, clean and simple interface that leads to an elegant code design automatically. If you want your application to support different databases with little effort, this is definitively the right thing for you! Absolutely no idea how suitable this is for Postfix' code standards... p...@rick -- All technical questions asked privately will be automatically answered on the list and archived for public access unless privacy is explicitely required and justified. saslfinger (debugging SMTP AUTH): <http://postfix.state-of-mind.de/patrick.koetter/saslfinger/>
