Re: index the message body field? [ =?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCImUbKEo=?= ] YES

[Eric Hildum]

To expand on my previous post suggesting using Sherlock; the reason I suggested Sherlock is that it is extensible via plug in, already handles multiple languages, and would potentially allow a find by content search to locate all information on the system, whether in files or email, to be found. Comments on using Sherlock, anyone? Eric Hildum > From: Remo Del Bello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Organization: Dailey & Associates > Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 09:12:11 -0800 > To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: index the message body field? [ $B"e(J ] YES > > on 11/14/2000 12:29 AM, Barry Wainwright deftly typed out: > >> At 5:13 pm -0500 13/11/00, j.d. o'grady wrote: >> >>> as a 5+ year eudora user I would humbly suggest that you index the message >>> body field. in eudora you can do an advanced find (cmd-opt-F) and find >>> anything - FAST! as a high-volume emailer (300+ inbound/day) I can tell you >>> that this is the most disappointing aspect of entourage. >> >> But, indexing is not necessary. Eudora doesn't index the message body >> and it's searches are much, much faster than OE's or E's as Jason >> pointed out. >> >> It should be possible to improve the searching without having to >> resort to indexing every word which would, I suspect, have a >> tremendous hit on receiving/filing mail (as it does in Filemaker - >> try comparing an import into a text field when it is/isn't indexed!). > > I agree with Barry. My quick, unofficial test indicates that both BBEdit and > (according to Barry and Jason) Eudora's text searching is infinitely faster > than OE/Entourage's. And that is without indexing in either. Perhaps the > search routines need to be re-written if they can't be optimized to the > point of being useful without implementing indexing. There are other > examples of software that is VERY fast at searching text (Grep, Perl) and I > would hope that with all of the resources available at Microsoft that there > isn't a really efficient text search routine around somewhere that could be > borrowed for Entourage. > > I, for one, would love the improvement in search speed that indexing the > message body would provide, but I don't look forward to the performance hit > the application would take at either the receiving/filing stage, or, as Dan > suggested, in the background when idle. And I don't believe that, with a > good search routine, that it would be necessary. It would be something that > could be implemented in time for the next update, however, whereas a > complete rewrite of the search routine is not. > > -- > Remo Del Bello > > > -- > To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To search the archives: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/> > -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To search the archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>