diff --git a/src/java/davmail/exchange/ExchangeSession.java b/src/java/davmail/exchange/ExchangeSession.java
index 5be1d26f..9e040d7e 100644
--- a/src/java/davmail/exchange/ExchangeSession.java
+++ b/src/java/davmail/exchange/ExchangeSession.java
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ public abstract class ExchangeSession {
     public abstract void sendMessage(HashMap<String, String> properties, String messageBody) throws IOException;
 
     /**
-     * Create message MIME body reader;
+     * Create message MIME body reader.
      *
      * @param message Exchange message
      * @return message body reader
@@ -511,6 +511,15 @@ public abstract class ExchangeSession {
      */
     protected abstract BufferedReader getContentReader(Message message) throws IOException;
 
+    /**
+     * Get raw MIME message content
+     *
+     * @param message Exchange message
+     * @return message body
+     * @throws IOException on error
+     */
+    protected abstract byte[] getContent(Message message) throws IOException;
+
     protected static final Set<String> POP_MESSAGE_ATTRIBUTES = new HashSet<String>();
 
     static {
@@ -653,7 +662,7 @@ public abstract class ExchangeSession {
 
         public boolean isEmpty() {
             boolean isEmpty = true;
-            for (Condition condition: conditions) {
+            for (Condition condition : conditions) {
                 if (!condition.isEmpty()) {
                     isEmpty = false;
                     break;
@@ -1378,6 +1387,7 @@ public abstract class ExchangeSession {
          * @param os        output stream
          * @param doubleDot replace '.' lines with '..' (POP protocol)
          * @throws IOException on error
+         * @deprecated move to byte array handling instead
          */
         public void write(OutputStream os, boolean doubleDot) throws IOException {
             BufferedReader reader = getContentReader(this);
@@ -1432,13 +1442,10 @@ public abstract class ExchangeSession {
                     mimeMessage = messageList.cachedMimeMessage;
                     LOGGER.debug("Got message content for " + imapUid + " from cache");
                 } else {
-                    // load message
-                    ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-                    write(baos, false);
                     // load and parse message
-                    mimeBody = new SharedByteArrayInputStream(baos.toByteArray());
+                    mimeBody = new SharedByteArrayInputStream(getContent(this));
                     mimeMessage = new MimeMessage(null, mimeBody);
-                    LOGGER.debug("Downloaded message content for " + imapUid + " (" + baos.size() + ')');
+                    LOGGER.debug("Downloaded message content for " + imapUid + " (" + mimeBody.available() + ')');
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/java/davmail/exchange/dav/DavExchangeSession.java b/src/java/davmail/exchange/dav/DavExchangeSession.java
index a680da7c..698b3b0c 100644
--- a/src/java/davmail/exchange/dav/DavExchangeSession.java
+++ b/src/java/davmail/exchange/dav/DavExchangeSession.java
@@ -1529,6 +1529,32 @@ public class DavExchangeSession extends ExchangeSession {
         return false;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @inheritDoc
+     */
+    @Override
+    protected byte[] getContent(Message message) throws IOException {
+        ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        BufferedReader reader = getContentReader(message);
+        try {
+            OutputStreamWriter outputStreamWriter = new OutputStreamWriter(baos);
+            String line;
+            while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
+                outputStreamWriter.write(line);
+                outputStreamWriter.write((char) 13);
+                outputStreamWriter.write((char) 10);
+            }
+            outputStreamWriter.flush();
+        } finally {
+            try {
+                reader.close();
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                LOGGER.warn("Error closing message input stream", e);
+            }
+        }
+        return baos.toByteArray();
+    }
+
     /**
      * @inheritDoc
      */
diff --git a/src/java/davmail/exchange/ews/EwsExchangeSession.java b/src/java/davmail/exchange/ews/EwsExchangeSession.java
index 6134a2ce..a6e329c6 100644
--- a/src/java/davmail/exchange/ews/EwsExchangeSession.java
+++ b/src/java/davmail/exchange/ews/EwsExchangeSession.java
@@ -18,22 +18,30 @@
  */
 package davmail.exchange.ews;
 
+import davmail.Settings;
 import davmail.exception.DavMailAuthenticationException;
 import davmail.exception.DavMailException;
+import davmail.exception.HttpNotFoundException;
 import davmail.exchange.ExchangeSession;
 import davmail.http.DavGatewayHttpClientFacade;
 import davmail.util.StringUtil;
 import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64;
+import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpException;
 import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethod;
 import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpStatus;
 import org.apache.commons.httpclient.URIException;
+import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.GetMethod;
 import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.HeadMethod;
+import org.apache.commons.httpclient.util.URIUtil;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.net.NoRouteToHostException;
 import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 import java.util.*;
+import java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream;
 
 /**
  * EWS Exchange adapter.
@@ -173,7 +181,7 @@ public class EwsExchangeSession extends ExchangeSession {
 
     @Override
     public void updateMessage(ExchangeSession.Message message, Map<String, String> properties) throws IOException {
-        UpdateItemMethod updateItemMethod = new UpdateItemMethod(ConflictResolution.AlwaysOverwrite, ((EwsExchangeSession.Message)message).itemId, buildProperties(properties));
+        UpdateItemMethod updateItemMethod = new UpdateItemMethod(ConflictResolution.AlwaysOverwrite, ((EwsExchangeSession.Message) message).itemId, buildProperties(properties));
         updateItemMethod.messageDisposition = MessageDisposition.SaveOnly;
         executeMethod(updateItemMethod);
     }
@@ -190,9 +198,23 @@ public class EwsExchangeSession extends ExchangeSession {
 
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @inheritDoc
+     */
     @Override
     protected BufferedReader getContentReader(ExchangeSession.Message message) throws IOException {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+        byte[] content = getContent(message);
+        return new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(new ByteArrayInputStream(content)));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @inheritDoc
+     */
+    @Override
+    protected byte[] getContent(ExchangeSession.Message message) throws IOException {
+        GetItemMethod getItemMethod = new GetItemMethod(BaseShape.ID_ONLY, ((EwsExchangeSession.Message) message).itemId, true);
+        executeMethod(getItemMethod);
+        return getItemMethod.getMimeContent();
     }
 
     protected Message buildMessage(EWSMethod.Item response) throws URIException {