Short checklist for Postfix + MySQL + Dovecot + SASL authentication on Fedora

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1. Postfix needs to be rebuilt with Mysql enabled

Follow this tutorial: http://postfix.wiki.xs4all.nl/index.php?title=Virtual_Users_and_Domains_with_Courier-IMAP_and_MySQL

This one also helps: Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier And MySQL (Fedora Core 5) | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials

2. Instal cyrus-sasl and cyrus-sasl-sql.

Configure /etc/sysconfig/saslauthd to run with the rimap mechanism

3. Start saslauthd