Breezy, Beagle: LENGTH_CUTOFF is too wide a hammer

[Steve Laniel]

I have a number of files in ~/Mail that are greater than LENGTH_CUTOFF (=1 mb, as of now)

I have a number of files in ~/Mail that are greater than LENGTH_CUTOFF (=1 mb, as of now). In fact, a quick check just now indicates that 1/3 of the files in ~/Mail are over 1 meg. That's in part because I store my outgoing emails in single mbox files (e.g., 'old-me_2004').

At the very least, Beagle should use a bit more intelligence in deciding which text/plain files to filter. Those in ~/Mail should always be indexed. Those in /var/log ... perhaps not. Or perhaps this should be user-customizable, with a sensible default.

[Brandon Hale (brandon)]

Is this still valid?

[Brandon Hale (brandon)]

No reply in a long time, changing status to Needs Info.

[Kevin Kubasik (kkubasik)]

If you want to index mail. the best way to do this is to add the ~/Mail directory as a movemail account in Evolution, that way it is indexed as mail and opened as mail, as opposed to indexed as plaintext docuements. If you prefer thunderbird, check out the branch I have attached, or wait until the 0.2.8 release.

[Rocco Stanzione (trappist)]

Closing the bug. No reply from the reporter in over a year. Please reply or reopen if this is still a problem in a supported release.