[Dovecot] status & use-case of fts_solr?

PGNet Dev pgnet.dev+dovecot at gmail.com
Fri Oct 9 07:41:36 EEST 2009


hi,

On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 7:56 PM, Timo Sirainen <tss at iki.fi> wrote:
> It's just not possible, because it doesn't support substring searches. But
> then again, perhaps no one cares. It's not like gmail's search is IMAP
> compliant either.
>
>> if the goal is fast, indexed FTS of dovecot IMAP stores from within a
>> MUA, is fts_solr even helpful? or is it targeted for web interfaces to
>> search ... ?
>
> You can add the break-imap-search option and it'll be helpful with those
> MUAs that use IMAP SEARCH command (Thunderbird I think, but not Apple Mail
> or Outlook).

Ok, clear.  So, from a MUA perspective ... *IS* fts_solr
faster/better/cheaper/whatever than fts_squat?

It _seems_ that squat is fast, _does_ substring searches, and _is_
under your control in dovecot. Life seems simpler, but just as
functional, with "just squat".

I'm clearly missing or misunderstanding the "solr advantage" ...


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