Re: nnir r00lz!

[Andrew Cohen <cohen@andy.bu.edu>]

>>>>> "Sivaram" == Sivaram Neelakantan <nsivaram.net@gmail.com> writes:

    Sivaram> [ Gnus -- 20 ] [ misc -- 20 ] 10: nnimap+gmail:INBOX 10:
    Sivaram> nndoc+gnus-help:gnus-help *: nndraft:queue *:
    Sivaram> nndraft:drafts

    Sivaram> If I do a G G on the gnus-help(some FAQ questions in email)
    Sivaram> and provide a search term 'mail','larsi' all I get

    Sivaram> Search produced empty results.
    Sivaram> gnus-group-read-ephemeral-group: Couldn't request group:
    Sivaram> Search produced empty \ results.

    Sivaram> No idea why it doesn't work with local spool files or nnml
    Sivaram> files.

I'm not sure I fully understand, but it seems you are trying to search
an nndoc group? Or maybe nnml?

nnir uses an index to perform search queries. imap servers provide such
an index by default (which is why imap searches are enabled by default)
and gmane also has an index (ditto) but for any other backend searches
you need to provide an index yourself. Unless you have created an index
for nndoc, nnml or a local spool file, searching won't work on these
servers. 

I am trying to write up some documentation so this will be clear, but it
may take a while. If you want to set up an index you can look at the
comments toward the beginning of nnir.el