On Sat, 22 Jul 2017 12:51:15 +0200, Evan Martin stated:
Is there a safe way to modify the contents of emails stored by Dovecot? I'll probably only want to change the message bodies, not the headers, if that matters. Looking for ways to do this both for existing emails and new emails as they are received (though anything that works for existing emails can probably just be run again for new emails.) My mail storage is currently mdbox, but I could migrate to another format if that helps.
On 22/07/2017 3:56 PM, Jerry wrote:
You could just view the message in your MUA and then save it to another drive, or whatever. Then, using a text editor, you could modify it to your hearts content.
Exactly, what problem are you trying to address?
On Sat, 22 Jul 2017 16:05:19 +0200, Evan Martin stated:
Yes, obviously clients can save messages. I meant: to modify messages in bulk, on the server, replacing the existing message bodies stored by Dovecot.
I am not understanding what problem you are trying to alleviate. Are these your messages or those of your clients?
-- Jerry