Slightly OT: however, there are a few programs out there that offer a
richer indexing method (a la Google for your email).
I wonder if there's a place for that somewhere in the Cyrus structure.
There's obvious utility in a richer search-and-find method.
I'm probably not alone with my hoard of emails, spanning many years (and
many memories), amounting to thousands (or more!) of individual messages.
I have these all slightly organized in my Cyrus IMAP spool, which I back
up regularly.
I find, however, that basic searches don't always work well, or are too
slow. Though, I admit I'm not 100% certain on how that process "works"
- for example, I use Thunderbird presently as my email client, and I'm
aware that Cyrus maintains its own *.index files in each directory in
the spool.
It would be wonderful to have a richer indexing method. That would
likely include some integration into clients (beyond the scope of this
discussion).
Other programs I've run into include Zoë <http://zoe.nu/>, which is
highly specialized (ie: you must use its infrastructure), there are some
on freshmeat.net.
I wonder what others thoughts/experiences are on this area. Or if there
are some other clever methods of enriching this process that I've
overlooked.
Thanks.
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