Exporting Messages

Export as EML

Export a single message as a standard .eml file:

# By internal message ID
msgvault export-eml --message-id 12345 --output message.eml

# By Gmail message ID
msgvault export-eml --gmail-id 18abc123def --output message.eml

# Output to stdout
msgvault export-eml --gmail-id 18abc123def

Flags

Flag	Description
--message-id	Internal database message ID
--gmail-id	Gmail message ID (hex string)
--output	Output file path (default: stdout)

The exported .eml file contains the original raw MIME data, decompressed from the zlib-compressed storage in the database.