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[Imap-protocol] Non-strict searching

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From: Timo Sirainen <tss@iki.fi>
To: imap-protocol@u.washington.edu
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2018 12:34:37 -0000
Message-ID: 1144308406.15330.122.camel@hurina permalink / raw / eml / mbox 
Is there interest in creating a SEARCH extension which allows the server
to be less strict in which results it shows, making it better for
user-made searches? For example the searched word could be found in a
bit different form.

The results could also show some relevancy percentage and also a string
highlighting the searched words (because they're not necessarily the
exact search keys).

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From: dave@cridland.net
To: imap-protocol@localhost
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2018 12:34:37 -0000
Message-ID: 7905.1144310200.216155@peirce.dave.cridland.net permalink / raw / eml / mbox 
On Thu Apr  6 08:26:46 2006, Timo Sirainen wrote:
> Is there interest in creating a SEARCH extension which allows the 
> server
> to be less strict in which results it shows, making it better for
> user-made searches? For example the searched word could be found in 
> a
> bit different form.
> 
> The results could also show some relevancy percentage and also a 
> string
> highlighting the searched words (because they're not necessarily the
> exact search keys).
> 
> 
There's at least some curiosity from me.

I'm particularly curious as to how Mark's SCAN extension might look 
if taken in this direction. (Mark, do you have a specification for 
SCAN as-is?)

Dave.
-- 
           You see things; and you say "Why?"
   But I dream things that never were; and I say "Why not?"
    - George Bernard Shaw
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From: mrc@CAC.Washington.EDU
To: imap-protocol@localhost
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2018 12:34:37 -0000
Message-ID: Pine.OSX.4.64.0604060800190.2906@pangtzu.panda.com permalink / raw / eml / mbox 
On Thu, 6 Apr 2006, Dave Cridland wrote:
> I'm particularly curious as to how Mark's SCAN extension might look if taken 
> in this direction. (Mark, do you have a specification for SCAN as-is?)

SCAN is nothing more than a LIST with a third argument that filters out 
any files that do not contain the string.  It doesn't even try to do any 
mailbox handling.  It was, and remains, a kludge to answer the people who 
wanted an equivalent to fgrep for a string in a mailbox file.

-- Mark --

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