Search: takes time of what order?

Ken Murchison ken at oceana.com
Fri Oct 18 09:41:05 EDT 2002



Ian McDonald wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Does Cyrus do any indexing or other preparation to reduce the time taken to
> search large mail collections?

Yes, if you create a "squat" index for it, by using the "squatter"
tool.  Since this only indexes messages currently in the mailbox, you
should setup squatter to be an EVENT in cyrus.conf, if the mailbox
constantly grows.

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