If you enable Squatter it will make search indices that significantly
speed up SEARCH commands, so it would already be integrated with
clients that do server-side searching. I find that the indices add
20-30% storage overhead to mailboxes.
-Adam
On Apr 30, 2006, at 1:26 PM, 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.
Thanks.
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