: Advanced users can use command-line tools to fetch messages from multiple accounts and pipe them into plain text files for easy searching.
Downloading emails as .txt files is a common way to archive messages without the extra bulk of formatting. Whether you're a developer or just clearing out your inbox, here are several ways to do it: Quick Methods for Manual Downloads
: You can use PHP with IMAP to automatically fetch and save email attachments or body text directly to your server as .txt .