diff --git a/install/README_FIRST_EVEN_IF_YOU_DONT_WANT_TO b/install/README_FIRST_EVEN_IF_YOU_DONT_WANT_TO
index 1341d88..60e2599 100644
--- a/install/README_FIRST_EVEN_IF_YOU_DONT_WANT_TO
+++ b/install/README_FIRST_EVEN_IF_YOU_DONT_WANT_TO
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ to the target machine.
 installing off of.  Take a look at "enable_ec2_login" for what this means.
 
 
+6.  You MUST have your passwords setup, if you are just running this as a test it is easiest to run
+	"make" from within the mailiverse/passwords directory.  This will create passwords using /dev/urandom
+
 ---
 
 Ok now you are ready to go.
@@ -39,6 +42,13 @@ from the install directory type in
 
 ./setup-server YOUR-SERVER-IP-NAME-WHATEVER
 
-and it should create the various accounts for the system and enable ssh publickey access to them.
-it should download apache james and enable it
+and it should 
 
+1. create the various accounts for the system and enable ssh publickey access to them 
+from the computer/account you are running on now
+
+2. it should download apache james
+
+4. it should download and install java (oracle, don't use others with apache james, they crash)
+
+3. it should download and install mysql and set up the users and databases.
diff --git a/install/setup-mysql b/install/setup-mysql
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5de6492
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install/setup-mysql
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+set -x
+
+source requirements/server_root_account
+
+MAIL_PASSWORD=`cat ../passwords/mail`
+MAIL_EXTRA_PASSWORD=`cat ../passwords/mail_extra`
+JAMES_PASSWORD=`cat ../passwords/james`
+CAPTCHA_PASSWORD=`cat ../passwords/captcha`
+
+M_HOST=$1
+
+`\
+sed \
+	-e ''s/MAIL_PASSWORD/$MAIL_PASSWORD/'' \
+	-e ''s/MAIL_EXTRA_PASSWORD/$MAIL_EXTRA_PASSWORD/'' \
+	-e ''s/JAMES_PASSWORD/$JAMES_PASSWORD/'' \
+	-e ''s/CAPTCHA_PASSWORD/$CAPTCHA_PASSWORD/'' \
+	setup-mysql.sql.template > setup-mysql.sql \
+`
+
+scp setup-mysql.remote $M_ROOT@$M_HOST:
+scp setup-mysql.sql $M_ROOT@$M_HOST:
+ssh $M_ROOT@$M_HOST ./setup-mysql.remote
diff --git a/install/setup-mysql.remote b/install/setup-mysql.remote
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..55b427a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install/setup-mysql.remote
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+set -x
+
+sudo apt-get install mysql-server --yes
+
+mysql -u root < setup-mysql.sql
+rm setup-mysql.sql
diff --git a/install/setup-mysql.sql.template b/install/setup-mysql.sql.template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..263caff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install/setup-mysql.sql.template
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+CREATE DATABASE mail CHARACTER SET utf8;
+CREATE DATABASE mail_extra CHARACTER SET utf8;
+CREATE DATABASE captcha CHARACTER SET utf8;
+CREATE DATABASE james CHARACTER SET utf8;
+
+CREATE USER 'mail'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'MAIL_PASSWORD';
+CREATE USER 'mail_extra'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'MAIL_EXTRA_PASSWORD';
+CREATE USER 'captcha'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'CAPTCHA_PASSWORD';
+CREATE USER 'james'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'JAMES_PASSWORD';
+
+GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.mail TO 'mail'@'localhost';
+GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.mail_extra TO 'mail_extra'@'localhost';
+GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.captcha TO 'captcha'@'localhost';
+GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.james TO 'james'@'localhost';
diff --git a/install/setup-server b/install/setup-server
index d43e78c..334d72d 100755
--- a/install/setup-server
+++ b/install/setup-server
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ M_HOST=$1
 ./create-server-accounts $M_HOST
 ./setup-james $M_HOST
 ./setup-java $M_HOST
-
+./setup-mysql $M_HOST