Hi,
you probably need to set up some kind of FTS backend and index your mails.
See https://doc.dovecot.org/configuration_manual/fts/
<https://doc.dovecot.org/configuration_manual/fts/>
Sami
> On 1 Dec 2019, at 23.18, John Gateley via dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am using dovecot as an imap server, mail is stored in mail directories.
> Configuration is below.
>
> One mail directory has about 14 Gb of mail in the inbox and .Sent directories.
>
> Searching from an Android phone with gmail is slow or doesn't work (it times
> out).
>
> Is there a configuration for Dovecot that can improve this? A better e-mail
> client
> for Android?
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>
>
> root@giraffe:~# dovecot --version
> 2.2.27 (c0f36b0)
> root@giraffe:~# doveconf -an
> # 2.2.27 (c0f36b0): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
> # Pigeonhole version 0.4.16 (fed8554)
> # OS: Linux 4.9.0-11-amd64 x86_64 Debian 9.11
> ...
> mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir
> namespace inbox {
> inbox = yes
> location =
> mailbox Drafts {
> special_use = \Drafts
> }
> mailbox Junk {
> special_use = \Junk
> }
> mailbox Sent {
> special_use = \Sent
> }
> mailbox "Sent Messages" {
> special_use = \Sent
> }
> mailbox Trash {
> special_use = \Trash
> }
> prefix =
> }
> ...
> protocols = " imap"
> ...
