Forrest Aldrich wrote:
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.
If you're looking for better SEARCH performance from Cyrus, you should
create SQUAT indices for your mailboxes. See squatter(8).
As far as the IMAP client is concerned, it can only do what RFC 3501 and
any IMAP extensions allow. For instance, there is no multiple mailbox
SEARCH command, so the client has to do the work itself.
--
Kenneth Murchison
Systems Programmer
Project Cyrus Developer/Maintainer
Carnegie Mellon University
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