Can I download all the emails and have them saved in raw format (headers and such) using some email client such as Thunderbird, Outlook, etc?
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.. from where are you downloading them? And what is raw format?– RaystafarianApr 9, 2016 at 9:23
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Raw format is like the original email with all the headers, etc. From where? - does it matter?– Samuel ShifterovichApr 9, 2016 at 9:27
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1They are already saved in "raw format". You need to ask your email client to display all headers. For example, Displaying Full Message Headers in Microsoft Outlook (Windows) and How to View Complete Message Headers in Mozilla Thunderbird– DavidPostill ♦Apr 9, 2016 at 10:17
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As mentioned in the comments, most of the popular email clients already do that.
Although I wouldn't recommend Outlook, as it does deform the headers a bit – Thunderbird works better in that regard. (You can even drag & drop a message from Thunderbird to your desktop, and have it stored as a regular file.)
On Linux you could also use Claws, mutt
, OfflineIMAP, or any of the dozens of IMAP clients.
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Probably? Never tried. The internal storage format that Thunderbird uses is also plaintext (Maildir in latest version, mbox in earlier ones). Apr 9, 2016 at 11:34
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Okay. I only worked with exporting into those backup formats so far. Apr 9, 2016 at 11:35
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Well, drag & drop doesn't work, but "Save as" and choosing the destination will save it in .eml, which is plaintext (obviously, since Thunderbird stores them in plaintext) Apr 9, 2016 at 11:48
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There's nothing "obvious" in the latter part. For all you know, the mail client could store the messages in a database (e.g. Outlook uses .pst, Geary uses sqlite) and extract the plaintext on demand. I only mentioned the plaintext thing because you might have wanted to access the stored mails directly, from within Thunderbird's profile folder. Apr 9, 2016 at 11:51