My mail was hosted by a site that no longer handles email. I asked them if they could send me a file with all my emails in it and they said sure. I was thinking maybe I would get something I could import into Outlook such as a .pst or .ost file, or perhaps a .csv file.
What I received was a zipped file and when I opened it there were a bunch of folders with emails in them in some strange format (each one with a . in front of it, such as .NEWMAIL ), plus a bunch of files along with the folders such as dovecat.index, dovecatindex.cache, dovecot.index.log2, dovecot.list.inex, divecot.mailbox and others with a dovecot prefix, plus one called maildirsize and one called subscriptions.
I have no idea how to read the emails in this format.
Can someone tell me how I can access the emails in this set of files? Feel free to ask if you need more information before you can answer.
If I need a special program to read the files, is there an easy one available that is user friendly for someone with no experience with dovecot files?
Thank you. Zane B Stein