hi, On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 7:56 PM, Timo Sirainen <t...@iki.fi> wrote: > It's just not possible, because it doesn't support substring searches. But > then again, perhaps no one cares. It's not like gmail's search is IMAP > compliant either. > >> if the goal is fast, indexed FTS of dovecot IMAP stores from within a >> MUA, is fts_solr even helpful? or is it targeted for web interfaces to >> search ... ? > > You can add the break-imap-search option and it'll be helpful with those > MUAs that use IMAP SEARCH command (Thunderbird I think, but not Apple Mail > or Outlook).
Ok, clear. So, from a MUA perspective ... *IS* fts_solr faster/better/cheaper/whatever than fts_squat? It _seems_ that squat is fast, _does_ substring searches, and _is_ under your control in dovecot. Life seems simpler, but just as functional, with "just squat". I'm clearly missing or misunderstanding the "solr advantage" ...
