Andre Nathan:
> Hello
>
> I've implemented a simple dict to allow postfix to talk to an Erlang
> (http://www.erlang.org/) node. The idea is to allow access to Erlang's
> Mnesia distributed database
> (http://www.erlang.org/doc/apps/mnesia/users_guide.html).
>
> To do so, besides writing dict_erlang.c, I also had to patch mail_dict.c
> to list the new dict type.
>
> Is there a less intrusive way to add a new dictionary type that wouldn't
> require me to maintain my own postfix package? I'm not sure there would
> be enough users of this, so including it in the postfix source is
> probably not an option, though I wouldn't mind that either :)
That requires dynamic linking as in the DEBIAN port of Postfix.
I have yet to overcome my my aversion against monstrosities such
as Libtool and Autobloat. Until then, use the source, or use the
DEBIAN port.
Wietse
