Looking for a *good* X based GUI IMAP client for Cyrus IMAP ...

[Daniel Eckl]

Well there is a special IMAP command for making use of SQUAT.

It's IMAP SEARCH. In this case the server searches for mail and by doing
that, it makes extensive use of the SQUAT index if availiable.

If a client doesn't make use of IMAP SEARCH, but rather download all
mail bodys to search locally, then of course you make no use of your
server side SQUAT index.

But I really cannot imagine that TB should do that this way and only on
Win32...

Best,
Daniel

Chris Hilts schrieb am 13.06.2006 23:16:
> Greg A. Woods wrote:
>>> The report about Thunderbird on Windoze not using the squat index is
>>> interesting though....
> 
> I think that's a flawed report.  It's my understanding that the SQUAT
> index is used behind the scenes, automatically, by Cyrus if it is
> available.  There's no special IMAP request for a SQUAT search, so
> there's no reason Cyrus has any idea that it's Thunderbird and not
> SquirrelMail or Evolution doing the search.
> 
> Probably the user sitting in front of the keyboard going "gee, this
> search is slow."
> --
> Chris Hilts
> chilts at birdbrained.org
> Say it with flowers -- Send them a triffid!
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