[EXT] Re: Support for MULTISEARCH

[Joe Wong]

On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 3:14 AM Daniel Miller <dmiller at amfes.com> wrote:

> What client(s) use this and how? I've used virtual folders - by explicitly
> "subscribing" to them and then performing a search within them. By hiding
> the virtual folders how do you use them?
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> Daniel
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> ------ Original Message ------
> From: "Joe Wong" <joewong99 at gmail.com>
> To: "Aki Tuomi" <aki.tuomi at open-xchange.com>
> Cc: dovecot at dovecot.org; "Peter" <pch at myzel.net>; "Sami Ketola" <
> sami.ketola at dovecot.fi>
> Sent: 5/11/2020 4:51:14 AM
> Subject: Re: [EXT] Re: Support for MULTISEARCH
>
> On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 7:18 PM Aki Tuomi <aki.tuomi at open-xchange.com>
> wrote:
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> > On 11/05/2020 14:09 Joe Wong <joewong99 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 5:16 PM Aki Tuomi <aki.tuomi at open-xchange.com>
> wrote:
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> > > > On 11/05/2020 12:12 Joe Wong <joewong99 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > On Sun, May 10, 2020 at 3:54 PM Sami Ketola <sami.ketola at dovecot.fi>
> wrote:
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> > > > > > On 10. May 2020, at 1.51, Peter <pch at myzel.net> wrote:
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> > > > > > Am 10.05.20 um 00:22 schrieb Daniel Miller:
> > > > > >> Thank you - I'm aware of the virtual folder option and do use
> it. My interest is for a Windows client, EM Client, which I otherwise
> really enjoy. Unfortunately, they've implemented server-side searching only
> via MULTISEARCH - for reasons passing my understanding. So I was hoping to
> hear Dovecot either already had support or there were plans to implement
> it.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Virtual folder does not scale. Thank you for naming a client
> that does multisearch!
> > > > >
> > > > > Virtual folder scales just fine. What makes you think it does not?
> > > > >
> > > > > We have customers that have users with thousand folders and
> millions of emails and still virtual folder scales.
> > > > >
> > > > > Sami
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> > > >
> > > > is this possible to *hide* the virtual folder from listing but make
> it SELECTable / EXAMINEable from IMAP?
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > namespace {
> > > location = virtual:...
> > > hidden = yes
> > > }
> > >
> > > Aki
> >
> >
> > * NAMESPACE (("" "/")) NIL NIL
> > a OK Namespace completed (0.001 + 0.000 secs).
> > a list "" "*"* LIST (\HasNoChildren \UnMarked) "/" FromL3
> > * LIST (\HasNoChildren \UnMarked) "/" Apple
> > * LIST (\HasNoChildren \UnMarked) "/" JunkMail
> > * LIST (\HasNoChildren \Marked \Trash) "/" Trash
> > * LIST (\HasNoChildren \UnMarked \Drafts) "/" Drafts
> > * LIST (\HasNoChildren \Marked) "/" SENT
> > * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" virtual* LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" INBOX
> > a OK List completed (0.003 + 0.000 + 0.003 secs).
> >
> > It's now hidden in the namepsace but I can still see it in the folder
> list, is this expected?
> >
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> Sorry, forgot to say
>
> hidden=yes
> list=no
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> Aki
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> thanks it is working now.
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It is not a standard email client but a web client I am trying to make use
of this *hidden* virtual folder to perform a cross folder search :)
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