Check out what we're building: https://marcoapp.io
Basically a cross-platform Thunderbird replacement whose sole goal is to "not suck". Full-text search is entirely client side (not via IMAP) and returns results in single-digit ms.
Basically a cross-platform Thunderbird replacement whose sole goal is to "not suck". Full-text search is entirely client side (not via IMAP) and returns results in single-digit ms.
Setting up server-side Xapian full-text search and disabling the crap client-side one in Thunderbird was one of the best improvements I made to my email usability. What makes your client-side search better? It's usually not speed I'm looking for, but rather precision, such as double quoted phrases (sorely missing from Thunderbird's client-side search), filtering by a mixture of things, etc.
I wish more clients had an option for server-side-only search (looking at you, iOS Mail.app) and/or had a nice UI for it (ctrl+shift+f dialog in Thunderbird is janky but gets results)
It is able to use BM25, QPS, or PT15.
We're still playing around with various weights/settings, but have seen fantastic results so far.
What do you mean by "double quoted phrases"? Do you mean the ability to search for an _exact_ term?
>web-tech
Pick one.
I couldn't find any info on whether this is FOSS or what license it uses.