dovecot - Feb 2012 - Question: Is Server Side Search announced somehow via the IMAP CAPABILITY string?

Hey Timo,

Subject says it all...

This question is a result of an ongoing discussion on the mozilla 
enterprise list...

Is there a standard/reliable way for an IMAP client to determine that an 
IMAP server supports server side search (with indexes)?

Thanks,

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Best regards,

Charles

On 28.2.2012, at 18.33, Charles Marcus wrote:
> This question is a result of an ongoing discussion on the mozilla
enterprise list...
> 
> Is there a standard/reliable way for an IMAP client to determine that an
IMAP server supports server side search
All IMAP servers are required to support SEARCH command. Some crappy ones
don't, but I think all widely used ones do.
> (with indexes)?
No way to know that.

Well, okay, actually if server advertises FUZZY extension you can be quite
certain that it supports indexed server side searches. And that reminds me, I
should hide that extension when FTS isn't enabled in Dovecot.. (I don't
know if there are any other servers besides Dovecot implementing FUZZY.)

On 28.2.2012, at 20.29, Charles Marcus wrote:
> Off the top of your head, do you know if Cyrus or GMail (I guess the two
other most popular IMAP servers that support server side indexes) advertise
SEARCH=FUZZY?
Neither. Probably no servers besides Dovecot. But it is less than a year old
RFC..