[Imap-protocol] Non-strict searching

[Dave Cridland]

On Thu Apr  6 08:26:46 2006, Timo Sirainen wrote:
> Is there interest in creating a SEARCH extension which allows the 
> server
> to be less strict in which results it shows, making it better for
> user-made searches? For example the searched word could be found in 
> a
> bit different form.
> 
> The results could also show some relevancy percentage and also a 
> string
> highlighting the searched words (because they're not necessarily the
> exact search keys).
> 
> 
There's at least some curiosity from me.

I'm particularly curious as to how Mark's SCAN extension might look 
if taken in this direction. (Mark, do you have a specification for 
SCAN as-is?)

Dave.
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