Search in subfolders

[HeavyThumper]

Is there a way to search not just the current folder but all subfolders via IMAP server-side search?

[Kostya Vasilyev]

There isn't.

[HeavyThumper]

Is this on your roadmap for a future implmentation?  Is it more difficult than simply adding the wildcard "*" to the mailbox name?

[Kostya Vasilyev]

>> Is it more difficult than simply adding the wildcard "*" to the mailbox name?

Um, maybe I'm missing something, but IMAP (most common mail protocol) doesn't have a way to search multiple folders at once.

[HeavyThumper]

A quick look in the IMAP spec tells me that no, standard search doesn't support multiple mailboxes.  But the ESEARCH extension does - and the Dovecot IMAP server I use supports it.  So I'll ask if ESEARCH support is on your roadmap.

By the way - AquaMail is absolutely the best email client I've worked with regardless of platform.  I hope someday you can port it over to the PC world.

[Kostya Vasilyev]

I already use ESEARCH for other things...

This is the ESEARCH RFC, can you point me to where it describes subfolder search?

https://tools.ietf.org/search/rfc4731

In practical terms, well, sorry, not in near or medium term... I'm trying to "crawl towards" message threading / conversation grouping, which is the #1 omission right now.

[Kostya Vasilyev]

http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.mail.imap.dovecot/69636

Seems like the way to do it is to create a "virtual folder" on the server -- which will combine multiple real folders and present them as one IMAP folder.

Or is that something entirely different? An "advanced Dovecot user" I am not