On 5.5.2011, at 18.05, Sarder Kamal wrote: > Drafts/dbox-Mails/u.11 > I get the following output > 2 M1e C4daa51f6 > N 000000000000030A > �Tmo�6��_q�0`�B�r�D�� ��tF�5Xܵ�HI'��D��T��=*^�u��M�A�x/�=ωE .. > As it is quite evident, the output is in binary format, but I need it in text > (even if that means I use some other command and pipe the output to cat / > grep / sed) -- can this be done?
The output is binary because the mail is stored compressed. Otherwise it would have been in text. > This server was configured and maintained by someone else, and I am very new > to dovecot or this dbox format (I used to use courier-imap). would appreciate > if anyone could please suggest what could/should be done to get to my > objectives. All pointers/suggestions appreciated. man doveadm-fetch man doveadm-search-query example: doveadm fetch -u user 'uid text' mailbox INBOX body "hello world"
