[Dovecot] fts plugin - purpose of get_last_uid() ?

Per Jessen per at computer.org
Fri Sep 17 13:37:38 EEST 2010


Timo Sirainen wrote:

> On 17.9.2010, at 9.46, Per Jessen wrote:
> 
>> It looks like the uid returned is only used as an indication of
>> whether the maildir is fully indexed or not, is that correct?
> 
> Yes.
> 
>> In my setup, the index is built externally and will _always_ be
>> up-to-date.  Getting the last uid would mean running a query, which,
>> whilst inexpensive, seems unnecessary if my understanding of the
>> purpose of get_last_uid() is correct.
> 
> Right.

I guess I left out the most important question - what could I return as
last uid to indicate 'all indexed'? 


/Per Jessen, Zürich



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