Win Thunderbird doesn't use SQUAT index

Ken Murchison murch at andrew.cmu.edu
Wed Jun 14 08:11:36 EDT 2006


Ole Hoppe wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> after setting up Cyrus 2.2.12/Postfix 2.2.5/Fetchmail 6.2.5.2 on a SUSE 
> Linux 10.0 box, and activating squatter to create full-text search index 
> in cyrus.conf, index has been created and one can search now about 2GB 
> of mail within seconds - fantastic!
> 
> Unfortunately this only works with Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 from Linux 
> client, trying the same from Windows XP SP2 client (also TB 1.5.0.4) 
> search takes ages and SQUAT index is obviously not used.

The squat index is something that's used exclusively by the Cyrus server 
and not something that the client is in control of.  Either the SEARCH 
that you're performing doesn't need/use the squat index, or something 
else is going on.

-- 
Kenneth Murchison
Systems Programmer
Project Cyrus Developer/Maintainer
Carnegie Mellon University


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