diff --git a/debian/alternc.config b/debian/alternc.config
index 2e58796d..848e3baf 100644
--- a/debian/alternc.config
+++ b/debian/alternc.config
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ MYSQL_HOST=127.0.0.1
 MYSQL_DATABASE=alternc
 MYSQL_USER=sysusr
 MYSQL_PASS="`perl -e 'print map{("a".."z","A".."Z",0..9)[int(rand(62))]}(1..10)' `"
+MYSQL_MAIL_USER=alternc_mail_user
+MYSQL_MAIL_PASS="`perl -e 'print map{("a".."z","A".."Z",0..9)[int(rand(62))]}(1..10)' `"
 MYSQL_CLIENT=localhost
 FQDN="`cat /etc/mailname 2>/dev/null || hostname -f`"
 INTERNAL_IP="`env LANG=C /sbin/ifconfig|grep inet | grep -v 127.0.0.1| head -1 | cut -d: -f2 | sed -e 's/\([0-9\.]*\).*$/\1/' 2>/dev/null || hostname -f`"
@@ -53,6 +55,16 @@ if [ -r /etc/alternc/my.cnf ]; then
     eval `sed -n -e "/=/{s/ *= *\"\?/='/;s/\"\?\$/'/;s/host/MYSQL_HOST/;s/user/MYSQL_USER/;s/password/MYSQL_PASS/;s/database/MYSQL_DATABASE/;p}" /etc/alternc/my.cnf`
 fi
 
+if [ -r /etc/alternc/my_mail.cnf ]; then
+    # make mysql configuration available as shell variables
+    # to convert from .cnf to shell syntax, we:
+    # * match only lines with "equal" in them (/=/)
+    # * remove whitespace around the = and add a left quote operator ' (;s)
+    # * add a right quote operator at the end of line (;s)
+    # * convert mysql variables into our MYSQL_ naming convention (;s)
+    # * print the result (;p)
+    eval `sed -n -e "/=/{s/ *= *\"\?/='/;s/\"\?\$/'/;s/host/MYSQL_HOST/;s/user/MYSQL_MAIL_USER/;s/password/MYSQL_MAIL_PASS/;s/database/MYSQL_DATABASE/;p}" /etc/alternc/my_mail.cnf`
+fi
 
 # mettre les valeurs de local.sh comme "default" pour debconf
 db_get alternc/hostingname
@@ -157,6 +169,15 @@ if [ -z "$RET" ]
 db_set alternc/alternc_location "$ALTERNC_LOC"
 fi
 
+if [ -z "$RET" ]
+    then
+db_set alternc/mysql/alternc_mail_user "$MYSQL_MAIL_USER"
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$RET" ]
+    then
+db_set alternc/mysql/alternc_mail_password "$MYSQL_MAIL_PASS"
+fi
 db_input medium alternc/desktopname || true
 db_input medium alternc/hostingname || true
 db_input medium alternc/internal_ip || true
@@ -170,6 +191,8 @@ db_input low alternc/mysql/host || true
 db_input low alternc/mysql/db || true
 db_input low alternc/mysql/user || true
 db_input low alternc/mysql/password || true
+db_input low alternc/mysql/alternc_mail_password || true
+db_input low alternc/mysql/alternc_mail_user || true
 db_input low alternc/mysql/client || true
 db_input low alternc/sql/backup_type || true
 db_input low alternc/sql/overwrite || true
diff --git a/debian/alternc.postinst b/debian/alternc.postinst
index 3e4ea622..88efdd98 100644
--- a/debian/alternc.postinst
+++ b/debian/alternc.postinst
@@ -231,7 +231,8 @@ EOF
 			chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers.d/alternc-sudoers
 		else
 			echo "running an older version of sudo"
-			echo "copy content of /usr/share/doc/aegir-provision/examples/example.sudoers into /etc/sudoers for aegir to run properly"
+			#FIXME
+			echo "copy content of /usr/share/doc/examples/example.sudoers into /etc/sudoers.d for to run properly"
 	  fi
 
     # important: postinst gele sans ca
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index d9a4ffd0..27efc753 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 alternc (1.1+nmu2) stable; urgency=low
 
   * Templating of dovecot and postfix
-	adding a view for dovecot usage (dovecot_view)
-	adding of user vmail dedicated to the mail system
+    adding a view for dovecot usage (dovecot_view)
+    adding of user vmail dedicated to the mail system
   * Bugfixes
 
  -- Squidly <squidly@nnx.com>  Sat, 03 Mar 2012 13:09:06 +0100
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ alternc (1.0.3) stable; urgency=high
 
 alternc (1.0.2) stable; urgency=high
   * Bugfix : dependency on gamin OR fam : gamin is better for courier-imap
-	and fam makes sasl imap auth fail
+    and fam makes sasl imap auth fail
   * Bugfix : adding french messages for domain new error messages
   * Bugfix : Fixing domaines types templates issues (incompatibility with pre 1.0 alternc)
 
diff --git a/etc/alternc/templates/postfix/myalias.cf b/etc/alternc/templates/postfix/myalias.cf
index a1079420..9ffc2873 100644
--- a/etc/alternc/templates/postfix/myalias.cf
+++ b/etc/alternc/templates/postfix/myalias.cf
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # %%warning_message%%
 #
 
-user = %%dbuser%%
-password = %%dbpwd%%
+user = %%db_mail_user%%
+password = %%db_mail_pwd%%
 hosts =%%dbhost%%
 dbname = %%dbname%%
 query = select concat( if(isnull(mailbox.id), '', concat(concat(address.address,'@',domaines.domaine), '\n')), recipient.recipients ) from recipient join address on address.id = re
diff --git a/etc/alternc/templates/postfix/mydomain.cf b/etc/alternc/templates/postfix/mydomain.cf
index 5c67e46e..8c7fd32f 100644
--- a/etc/alternc/templates/postfix/mydomain.cf
+++ b/etc/alternc/templates/postfix/mydomain.cf
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # %%warning_message%%
 #
 
-user = %%dbuser%%
-password = %%dbpwd%%
+user = %%db_mail_user%%
+password = %%db_mail_pwd%%
 hosts =%%dbhost%%
 dbname = %%dbname%%
 query = select domaines.domaine from domaines where domaine='%s' and gesmx=1;
diff --git a/etc/alternc/templates/postfix/mygid.cf b/etc/alternc/templates/postfix/mygid.cf
index 3fa3f349..c8193fc0 100644
--- a/etc/alternc/templates/postfix/mygid.cf
+++ b/etc/alternc/templates/postfix/mygid.cf
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # %%warning_message%%
 #
 
-user = %%dbuser%%
-password = %%dbpwd%%
+user = %%db_mail_user%%
+password = %%db_mail_pwd%%
 hosts =%%dbhost%%
 dbname = %%dbname%%
 query = select compte from domaines join address on address.domain_id = domaines.id join mailbox on mailbox.address_id = address.id where address.address='%s'
diff --git a/etc/alternc/templates/postfix/myrelay.cf b/etc/alternc/templates/postfix/myrelay.cf
index b50a17a2..99c79ce6 100644
--- a/etc/alternc/templates/postfix/myrelay.cf
+++ b/etc/alternc/templates/postfix/myrelay.cf
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # %%warning_message%%
 #
 
-user = %%dbuser%%
-password = %%dbpwd%%
+user = %%db_mail_user%%
+password = %%db_mail_pwd%%
 hosts =%%dbhost%%
 dbname = %%dbname%%
 table = mail_domain
diff --git a/etc/alternc/templates/postfix/myvirtual.cf b/etc/alternc/templates/postfix/myvirtual.cf
index 479af8f1..7b28e63f 100644
--- a/etc/alternc/templates/postfix/myvirtual.cf
+++ b/etc/alternc/templates/postfix/myvirtual.cf
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # %%warning_message%%
 #
 
-user = %%dbuser%%
-password = %%dbpwd%%
+user = %%db_mail_user%%
+password = %%db_mail_pwd%%
 hosts =%%dbhost%%
 dbname = %%dbname%%
 query = select concat(path, '/Maildir/') from mailbox join address on address.id = mailbox.address_id join domaines on domaines.id = address.domain_id where concat(address.address,
diff --git a/install/alternc.install b/install/alternc.install
index b26a972b..3f236164 100644
--- a/install/alternc.install
+++ b/install/alternc.install
@@ -110,6 +110,19 @@ if [ -r /etc/alternc/my.cnf ]; then
     chmod 640 /etc/alternc/my.cnf
 fi
 
+if [ -r /etc/alternc/my_mail.cnf ]; then
+    # make mysql configuration available as shell variables
+    # to convert from .cnf to shell syntax, we:
+    # * match only lines with "equal" in them (/=/)
+    # * remove whitespace around the = and add a left quote operator ' (;s)
+    # * add a right quote operator at the end of line (;s)
+    # * convert mysql variables into our MYSQL_ naming convention (;s)
+    # * print the result (;p)
+    eval `sed -n -e "/=/{s/ *= *\"\?/='/;s/\"\?\$/'/;s/host/MYSQL_HOST/;s/user/MYSQL_USER/;s/password/MYSQL_PASS/;s/database/MYSQL_DATABASE/;p}" /etc/alternc/my.cnf`
+    chown root:alterncpanel /etc/alternc/my_mail.cnf
+    chmod 640 /etc/alternc/my_mail.cnf
+fi
+
 WARNING="WARNING: Do not edit this file, edit the one in /etc/alternc/templates and launch alternc.install again."
 
 VERSION="`dpkg -s alternc | sed -n -e 's/^Version: \(.*\)/\1/p'`"
@@ -148,6 +161,8 @@ s\\%%dbhost%%\\$MYSQL_HOST\\;
 s\\%%dbname%%\\$MYSQL_DATABASE\\;
 s\\%%dbuser%%\\$MYSQL_USER\\;
 s\\%%dbpwd%%\\$MYSQL_PASS\\;
+s\\%%db_mail_user%%\\$MYSQL_MAIL_USER\\;
+s\\%%db_mail_pwd%%\\$MYSQL_MAIL_PASS\\;
 s\\%%ALTERNC_LOC%%\\$ALTERNC_LOC\\;
 s\\%%warning_message%%\\$WARNING\\;
 s\\%%fqdn_lettre%%\\$FQDN_LETTER\\;
diff --git a/install/mysql.sh b/install/mysql.sh
index 5bec4e3c..fea689a5 100755
--- a/install/mysql.sh
+++ b/install/mysql.sh
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 # * user
 # * password
 # * database
+# * mail_user
+# * mail_password
 # * MYSQL_CLIENT
 # 
 # XXX: the sed script should be generated here
@@ -47,12 +49,13 @@
 echo "Granting users..."
 
 MYSQL_CONFIG="/etc/alternc/my.cnf"
+MYSQL_MAIL_CONFIG="/etc/alternc/my_mail.cnf"
 
 . /etc/alternc/local.sh
 # the purpose of this "grant" is to make sure that the generated my.cnf works
 # this means (a) creating the user and (b) creating the database
 grant="GRANT ALL ON *.* TO '$user'@'${MYSQL_CLIENT}' IDENTIFIED BY '$password' WITH GRANT OPTION;
-CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS $database;"
+CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS $database;GRANT ALL ON '$database'.dovecot_view TO '$mail_user'@'${MYSQL_CLIENT}' IDENTIFIED BY '$mail_password'; "
 
 echo -n "Trying debian.cnf: "
 mysql="/usr/bin/mysql --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf"
@@ -110,11 +113,29 @@ EOF
     chmod 640 $MYSQL_CONFIG
 fi
 
+if [ -f $MYSQL_MAIL_CONFIG ]; then
+    echo "Updating mysql configuration in $MYSQL_MAIL_CONFIG"
+else
+    echo "Creating mysql configuration in $MYSQL_MAIL_CONFIG"
+    cat > $MYSQL_MAIL_CONFIG <<EOF
+# AlternC - Web Hosting System - MySQL mail user Configuration 
+# Automatically generated by AlternC configuration, do not edit
+# This file will be modified on package configuration
+# (e.g. upgrade or dpkg-reconfigure alternc)
+[mysql]
+database=
+
+[client]
+EOF
+    chown root:www-data $MYSQL_MAIL_CONFIG
+    chmod 640 $MYSQL_MAIL_CONFIG
+fi
 # create a sed script to create/update the file
 set_value() {
     var=$1
     RET=$2
-    grep -Eq "^ *$var=" $MYSQL_CONFIG || echo "$var=" >> $MYSQL_CONFIG
+    file=$3
+    grep -Eq "^ *$var=" $file || echo "$var=" >> $file
     SED_SCRIPT="$SED_SCRIPT;s\\^ *$var=.*\\$var=\"$RET\"\\"
 }
 
@@ -123,10 +144,19 @@ SED_SCRIPT=""
 if [ -z "$host" ]; then
     host="localhost"
 fi
-set_value host $host
-set_value database $database
-set_value user $user
-set_value password $password
+#filling the config file for the sysusr
+set_value host $host $MYSQL_CONFIG
+set_value database $database $MYSQL_CONFIG
+set_value user $user $MYSQL_CONFIG
+set_value password $password $MYSQL_CONFIG
+
+
+#filling the config file for the mailuser
+set_value host $host $MYSQL_MAIL_CONFIG
+set_value database $database $MYSQL_MAIL_CONFIG
+set_value user $mail_user $MYSQL_MAIL_CONFIG
+set_value password $mail_password $MYSQL_MAIL_CONFIG
+
 
 # take extra precautions here with the mysql password:
 # put the sed script in a temporary file
@@ -140,9 +170,11 @@ rm -f $SED_SCRIPT_NAME
 
 # Now we should be able to use the mysql configuration
 mysql="/usr/bin/mysql --defaults-file=$MYSQL_CONFIG"
+mysql_mail="/usr/bin/mysql --defaults-file=$MYSQL_MAIL_CONFIG"
 
 echo "Checking for MySQL connectivity"
-$mysql -e "SHOW TABLES" >/dev/null && echo "MYSQL.SH OK!" || echo "MYSQL.SH FAILED!"
+$mysql -e "SHOW TABLES" >/dev/null && echo "MYSQL.SH OK!" || echo "MYSQL.SH FAILED: database user setup failed"
+$mysql_mail -e "SHOW TABLES" >/dev/null && echo "MYSQL.SH OK!" || echo "MYSQL.SH FAILED: database mail user setup failed"
 
 # Final mysql setup: db schema
 echo "installing AlternC schema in $database..."