Re: FTS search used / useful on an IMAP proxy?

[Timo Sirainen]

On 28 Jun 2016, at 16:07, Luca Lesinigo  wrote:
> 
> We are preparing an IMAP proxy based on dovecot-2.2.22, basic proxy 
> functionality is already working and I’m trying to understand if having the 
> FTS service configured on the dovecot *proxy* would be of any use.
> 
> I do suspect it would be useless, I guess dovecot in imap proxy mode just 
> forwards any command to the backend and does not bother to do anything about 
> it, but I’m failing to find a definitive answer in the documentation. If I am 
> guessing correctly, an fts service would only be useful if configured and 
> working on the actual backend.
> 
> Can anyone clarify my doubts?

If you want to use doveadm fts optimize/rescan commands via doveadm proxy, you 
need to load fts plugin on the proxy to get the commands. But otherwise there's 
no reason for it.

Re: FTS search used / useful on an IMAP proxy?

[Michael Slusarz]

> 
> On June 28, 2016 at 7:07 AM Luca Lesinigo  wrote:
> 
> We are preparing an IMAP proxy based on dovecot-2.2.22, basic proxy 
> functionality is already working and I’m trying to understand if having the 
> FTS service configured on the dovecot *proxy* would be of any use.
> 
> I do suspect it would be useless, I guess dovecot in imap proxy mode just 
> forwards any command to the backend and does not bother to do anything about 
> it, but I’m failing to find a definitive answer in the documentation. If I am 
> guessing correctly, an fts service would only be useful if configured and 
> working on the actual backend.
> 

FTS only makes sense on backend, where the search would be executed.

michael

FTS search used / useful on an IMAP proxy?

[Luca Lesinigo]

We are preparing an IMAP proxy based on dovecot-2.2.22, basic proxy 
functionality is already working and I’m trying to understand if having the FTS 
service configured on the dovecot *proxy* would be of any use.

I do suspect it would be useless, I guess dovecot in imap proxy mode just 
forwards any command to the backend and does not bother to do anything about 
it, but I’m failing to find a definitive answer in the documentation. If I am 
guessing correctly, an fts service would only be useful if configured and 
working on the actual backend.

Can anyone clarify my doubts?

thank you,
--
Luca Lesinigo