Re: [Evolution] Content of mails not indexed?

[Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam whitemice org>]

On Thu, 2011-05-19 at 09:31 +0200, Nicolas Michel wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I had used Ubuntu for some years. Some weeks ago when gnome 3 was 
> realesed I decided to switch to Archlinux.
> So I'm now with archlinux 64 bits - gnome 3 with gnome-shell and 
> Evolution 3.0.1-1.
> A search on body-content is very very slow.
> I have to say that I have a hudge INBOX : ~18500 mails (but it was not a 
> problem on Ubuntu).
> So here are my questions :
> - is it because of the Evolution package on Ubuntu is patch with 
> something from canonical that increase the speed of search on body content?

The odds of that are essentially zero/

> - is it because of the newer version of Evolution? (3.0.1-1 on Archlinx 
> insted of 2.30 on the last Ubuntu I tested on)

I haven't noticed any difference in search performance on 2.32.

> - In that latest case, is it a regression and if yes, will you fix it?

If it is a real regression I'd assume it will get fix if a bug is filed.

> - Or maybe I only have to install another package that will index my 
> Evolution's mail?
> My only purpose is to be able to make search on body content as fast as 
> I did on Ubuntu. Even with 18500 mails, such a search took only a few 
> seconds on Ubuntu (2,3 or 4 seconds ; now on arch it takes 30-40 or 50 
> seconds).

What type of mailbox is this?