diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 83240c8..746e8f2 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -61,3 +61,6 @@
 [submodule "roles/do1jlr.ansible_version"]
 	path = roles/do1jlr.ansible_version
 	url = https://github.com/roles-ansible/role_ansible-version.git
+[submodule "roles/do1jlr.mailserver_preperation"]
+	path = roles/do1jlr.mailserver_preperation
+	url = https://github.com/DO1JLR/ansible_role_mailserver_preperations.git
diff --git a/roles/do1jlr.mailserver_preperation b/roles/do1jlr.mailserver_preperation
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..cc75d86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/do1jlr.mailserver_preperation
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit cc75d86d523dea277a6771b0b2d4bf670dd18417
diff --git a/roles/mailserver_preperation/README.md b/roles/mailserver_preperation/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index b13512a..0000000
--- a/roles/mailserver_preperation/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Requirements:
-  - unbound for dns from localhost
-  - rspamd... maybe
-  ...
diff --git a/roles/mailserver_preperation/defaults/main.yml b/roles/mailserver_preperation/defaults/main.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index d228818..0000000
--- a/roles/mailserver_preperation/defaults/main.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
----
-
-# which is the reverse dns and dns name of this mail server
-mailserver_domain: "{{ ansible_fqdn }}"
-
-# configure proper dns resolution
-set_additional_nameserver: true
-additional_v4nameserver: '46.182.19.48'
-additional_v6nameserver: '2a02:2970:1002::18'
-
-# add additional entrys do your local /etc/hosts for the localhost entry
-additional_dns_maildomains: "{{ mailserver_domain }}"
-
-# mailser settings
-mailserver__user: 'vmail'
-mailserver__group: 'vmail'
-mailserver__home: '/var/vmail'
-mailserver__shell: '/bin/false'
-
-
-mailserver__domains: []
-#  - fqdn: example.com
-
-mailserver__accounts: []
-#  - username: 'alice'
-#    domain: 'example.com'
-#    password_hash:  # generate with $(doveadm pw -s SHA512-CRYPT)
-#      # or $ python -c 'import crypt,getpass; print(crypt.crypt(getpass.getpass(), crypt.mksalt(crypt.METHOD_SHA512)))'
-#    quota: '0'
-#    enabled: true
-#    sendonly: false
-
-mailserver__alias:
-#  - src_username: 'bob' # null for catchall
-#    src_domain: 'example.com'
-#    dest_username: 'alice'
-#    dest_domain: 'example.com'
-#    enabled: true
-
-# should we enable basic versionscheck (true is recomended)
-submodules_versioncheck: false
diff --git a/roles/mailserver_preperation/files/schema.sql b/roles/mailserver_preperation/files/schema.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index b55690f..0000000
--- a/roles/mailserver_preperation/files/schema.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS vmail CHARACTER SET 'utf8';
-
-USE vmail;
-
-CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `domains` (
-    `id` int unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
-    `domain` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
-    PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
-    UNIQUE KEY (`domain`)
-);
-
-CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `accounts` (
-    `id` int unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
-    `username` varchar(64) NOT NULL,
-    `domain` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
-    `password` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
-    `quota` int unsigned DEFAULT '0',
-    `enabled` boolean DEFAULT '0',
-    `sendonly` boolean DEFAULT '0',
-    PRIMARY KEY (id),
-    UNIQUE KEY (`username`, `domain`),
-    FOREIGN KEY (`domain`) REFERENCES `domains` (`domain`)
-);
-
-CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `aliases` (
-    `id` int unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
-    `source_username` varchar(64) NULL,
-    `source_domain` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
-    `destination_username` varchar(64) NOT NULL,
-    `destination_domain` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
-    `enabled` boolean DEFAULT '0',
-    PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
-    UNIQUE KEY (`source_username`, `source_domain`, `destination_username`, `destination_domain`),
-    FOREIGN KEY (`source_domain`) REFERENCES `domains` (`domain`)
-);
-
-CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS  `tlspolicies` (
-    `id` int unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
-    `domain` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
-    `policy` enum('none', 'may', 'encrypt', 'dane', 'dane-only', 'fingerprint', 'verify', 'secure') NOT NULL,
-    `params` varchar(255),
-    PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
-    UNIQUE KEY (`domain`)
-);
-
diff --git a/roles/mailserver_preperation/handlers/main.yml b/roles/mailserver_preperation/handlers/main.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index eace201..0000000
--- a/roles/mailserver_preperation/handlers/main.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: import mail database config
-  become: true
-  community.mysql.mysql_db:
-    name: vmail
-    encoding: 'utf8'
-    state: import
-    target: '/root/.mariadb_schema/config.sql'
-
-- name: create database schema
-  become: true
-  community.mysql.mysql_db:
-    name: vmail
-    encoding: 'utf8'
-    state: import
-    target: '/root/.mariadb_schema/schema.sql'
diff --git a/roles/mailserver_preperation/tasks/hosts.yml b/roles/mailserver_preperation/tasks/hosts.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 31ba00c..0000000
--- a/roles/mailserver_preperation/tasks/hosts.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: "set {{ mailserver_domain }} as hostname"
-  become: true
-  hostname:
-    name: "{{ mailserver_domain }}"
-
-- name: Add hostname to /etc/hosts
-  become: true
-  lineinfile:
-    dest: /etc/hosts
-    regexp: "^127.0.1.1"
-    line: "127.0.1.1 {{ inventory_hostname }} {{ ansible_hostname }} {{ additional_dns_maildomains }}"
-    state: present
-
-- name: Set /etc/mailname
-  become: true
-  copy:
-    dest: "/etc/mailname"
-    content: "{{ mailserver_domain }}"
-    mode: '0644'
-
-- name: set own dns resolver
-  become: true
-  template:
-    src: templates/resolve.conf.j2
-    dest: /etc/resolv.conf
-    mode: 0644
-    owner: root
-    group: root
-
-
diff --git a/roles/mailserver_preperation/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mailserver_preperation/tasks/main.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index b714e50..0000000
--- a/roles/mailserver_preperation/tasks/main.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
----
-- include_tasks: versioncheck.yml
-  when: submodules_versioncheck|bool
-
-- name: configure local hostnames
-  include_tasks: hosts.yml
-
-- name: configure vmail user
-  include_tasks: user.yml
-
-- name: configure mariadb
-  include_tasks: mariadb.yml
-
diff --git a/roles/mailserver_preperation/tasks/mariadb.yml b/roles/mailserver_preperation/tasks/mariadb.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 965c5a0..0000000
--- a/roles/mailserver_preperation/tasks/mariadb.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: create database schema store dir
-  become: true
-  file:
-    path: /root/.mariadb_schema
-    state: directory
-    mode: '0755'
-    owner: root
-    group: root
-
-- name: Copy database schema
-  become: true
-  copy:
-    src: files/schema.sql
-    dest: /root/.mariadb_schema/schema.sql
-    mode: '0644'
-  notify: create database schema
-
-- name: Copy mail config
-  become: true
-  template:
-    src: templates/mysqlconfig.sql.j2
-    dest: /root/.mariadb_schema/config.sql
-    mode: '0644'
-  notify: import mail database config
diff --git a/roles/mailserver_preperation/tasks/user.yml b/roles/mailserver_preperation/tasks/user.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3eb9e83..0000000
--- a/roles/mailserver_preperation/tasks/user.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: create mail group
-  group:
-    name: "{{ mailserver__group }}"
-    state: present
-
-- name: Create mail user
-  become: true
-  user:
-    name: "{{ mailserver__user }}"
-    home: "{{ mailserver__home }}"
-    group: "{{ mailserver__group }}"
-    shell: "{{ mailserver__shell }}"
-
-- name: Create mail user sieve directory
-  become: true
-  file:
-    path: "{{ mailserver__home }}/sieve/global"
-    state: directory
-    owner: vmail
-    group: vmail
-    mode: 0770
-    recurse: true
-
-- name: Create mail user mailbox directory
-  become: true
-  file:
-    path: /var/vmail/mailboxes
-    state: directory
-    owner: vmail
-    group: vmail
-    mode: '0770'
diff --git a/roles/mailserver_preperation/tasks/versioncheck.yml b/roles/mailserver_preperation/tasks/versioncheck.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7977e52..0000000
--- a/roles/mailserver_preperation/tasks/versioncheck.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: Create directory for versionscheck
-  become: true
-  file:
-    path: '/etc/.ansible-version'
-    state: directory
-    mode: 0755
-  when: submodules_versioncheck|bool
-
-- name: check playbook version
-  become: true
-  slurp:
-    src: "/etc/.ansible-version/{{ playbook_version_path }}"
-  register: playbook_version
-  when: submodules_versioncheck|bool
-  ignore_errors: yes
-  failed_when: false
-
-- name: Print remote role version
-  debug:
-    msg: "Remote role version: {{ playbook_version.content | default('Y3VycmVudGx5IG5vdCBkZXBsb3llZAo=') | b64decode | string }}"
-  when: submodules_versioncheck|bool
-
-- name: Print locale role version
-  debug:
-    msg: "Local role version: '{{ playbook_version_number|string }}'."
-  when: submodules_versioncheck|bool
-
-- name: Check if your version is outdated
-  fail:
-    msg: "Your ansible module has the version '{{ playbook_version_number }}' and is outdated. You need to update it!"
-  when:
-    - playbook_version.content|default("Mgo=")|b64decode|int - 1 >= playbook_version_number|int and submodules_versioncheck|bool
-
-- name: check if '/etc/ansible-version/' is empty
-  find:
-    paths: '/etc/ansible-version/'
-  register: filesFound
-
-- name: write new version to remote disk
-  become: true
-  copy:
-    content: "{{ playbook_version_number }}"
-    dest: "/etc/.ansible-version/{{ playbook_version_path }}"
-    mode: 0644
-  when: submodules_versioncheck|bool
diff --git a/roles/mailserver_preperation/templates/mysqlconfig.sql.j2 b/roles/mailserver_preperation/templates/mysqlconfig.sql.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index 053e222..0000000
--- a/roles/mailserver_preperation/templates/mysqlconfig.sql.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,99 +0,0 @@
-{#-
-
-  This is the mysql command template for updating all existing users, domains and alias config.
-  The following yml is an example confiuration...
-############
----
-  mailserver__domains:
-    - fqdn: example.com
-
-  mailserver__accounts:
-    - username: 'alice'
-      domain: 'example.com'
-      password_hash:  # generate with $(doveadm pw -s SHA512-CRYPT)
-        # or $ python -c 'import crypt,getpass; print(crypt.crypt(getpass.getpass(), crypt.mksalt(crypt.METHOD_SHA512)))'
-      quota: '0'
-      enabled: true
-      sendonly: false
-
-  mailserver__alias:
-    - src_username: 'bob' # null for catchall
-      src_domain: 'example.com'
-      dest_username: 'alice'
-      dest_domain: 'example.com'
-      enabled: true
-
-###############
-
-  OK, first we select the wanted database!
-
--#}
-
-use vmail;
-
-{#
-
-  Next we will define all existing domains.
-  We use INSERT IGNORE to insert the domains and ignore duplicates.
-
-  To delete a domain you have to do it manually using mysql commands or sth. like that!
-
--#}
-
-INSERT IGNORE INTO domains
-  (domain)
-values
-{% for domain in mailserver__domains %}
-  ('{{ domain["fqdn"] }}')
-  {%- if loop.last -%}
-    ;
-  {%- else -%}
-    ,
-  {%- endif %}
-
-{% endfor %}
-
-{#-
-
-  Now we will define the users and passwords.
-  We will use REPLACE to replace updated entrys or add new one.
-
-#}
-
-REPLACE into accounts
-  (username, domain, password, quota, enabled, sendonly)
-values
-{% for account in mailserver__accounts %}
-  ('{{ account["username"] }}', '{{ account["domain"] }}', '{{ account["password_hash"] }}', {{ account["quota"]|default(0) | int }}, {{ account["enabled"] | bool | ternary('true', 'false') }} , {{ account["sendonly"] | bool | ternary('true', 'false' )}})
-  {%- if loop.last -%}
-    ;
-  {%- else -%}
-    ,
-  {%- endif %}
-
-{% endfor %}
-
-{#
-
-  Last we will define some aliases and catchall...
-
-#}
-
-REPLACE into aliases
-  (source_username, source_domain, destination_username, destination_domain, enabled)
-values
-{% for alias in mailserver__alias %}
-  (
-    {%- if alias["src_username"] == 'null' -%}
-      null
-    {%- else -%}
-      '{{ alias["src_username"] }}'
-    {%- endif -%}
-      , '{{ alias["src_domain"] }}', '{{ alias["dest_username"] }}', '{{ alias["dest_domain"] }}', {{ alias["enabled"] | bool | ternary('true', 'false') }})
-  {%- if loop.last -%}
-    ;
-  {%- else -%}
-    ,
-  {%- endif %}
-
-{% endfor %}
diff --git a/roles/mailserver_preperation/templates/resolve.conf.j2 b/roles/mailserver_preperation/templates/resolve.conf.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index 45349a1..0000000
--- a/roles/mailserver_preperation/templates/resolve.conf.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-# {{ ansible_managed }}
-nameserver ::1
-nameserver 127.0.0.1
-{% if set_additional_nameserver -%}
-nameserver {{ additional_v4nameserver }}
-nameserver {{ additional_v6nameserver }}
-{%- endif %}
diff --git a/roles/mailserver_preperation/vars/main.yml b/roles/mailserver_preperation/vars/main.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 374e931..0000000
--- a/roles/mailserver_preperation/vars/main.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-playbook_version_number: 34 # should be int
-playbook_version_path: 'role-mailserver_roles-ansile_github.com.version'
diff --git a/site.yml b/site.yml
index 5a178a4..ae59497 100644
--- a/site.yml
+++ b/site.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 - name: deploy mail config
   hosts: mail
   roles:
-    - { role: mailserver_preperation, tags: [mail,mailserver_preperation,prep,mailserver]}
+    - { role: do1jlr.mailserver_preperation, tags: [mail,mailserver_preperation,prep,mailserver]}
     - { role: unbound, tags: [mail,unbound]}
     - { role: webhost2, tags: [mail,webhost]}
     - { role: acmetool_fix, tags: [mail,acmetool]}