Re: Proper configuration of fts-xapian for dovecot

On 2024-11-07, Torge Riedel via dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote:

I recently installed the package dovecot-fts-xapian on my Ubuntu 22.04 VM, where dovecot 2.3.16 is installed.

I'd suggest dovecot-fts-flatcurve, that's the one which will be in Dovecot 2.4..

1. The indexer created a new directory "xapian-indexes" in the user's mail folder (where also "INBOX", "Drafts", "Sent", ... exists), with the result that you can see this folder in Thunderbird and GMail Android App. How to hide / disable the folder to mail programs, IMHO no mail program should have access to it.

Not sure how to exclude this - it's not a problem if you use dbox, only Maildir etc.

2. When listing the capabilities of my mail server I get "CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SPECIAL-USE LITERAL+ AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN" and it seems to lack the FTS capability(s). Am I right? And should dovecot set the capabality on its own or is something missing in the config?

That's a pre-auth capability, you'll get more after login.