[lug] grep as imap client?

[Ferdinand Schmid]

On Thursday 03 March 2005 01:14, Daniel Webb wrote:
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> How does this work?  Do they use the IMAP search features?  I have found
> IMAP searches to be unreasonably slow for a lot of large folders.  Or do
> they build a local index?  Are there any free solutions other than
> mairix that can search huge amounts of mail in a few seconds, and
> without needing a local copy of the mail?

Many IMAP servers implement search functionality.  A smart IMAP client will 
transmit the search request to the IMAP server and the server then performs 
the search locally.  I believe you could view it as executing a search 
command remotely.  This type integration works properly with Thunderbird, 
Mozilla, kmail, mulberry, ...  The main developer of mulberry, Cyrus Daboo, 
can actually tell you quite a bit about cyrus-imap ;) 

Ferdinand

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