diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 7dd06f10..c94e6ae9 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.5.1-stable+timestamp.2013.06.23.00.22.51
+Version 2.5.1-stable+timestamp.2013.06.23.08.45.09
diff --git a/gluon/dal.py b/gluon/dal.py
index aa8cbcb4..122807ee 100644
--- a/gluon/dal.py
+++ b/gluon/dal.py
@@ -6406,7 +6406,7 @@ class IMAPAdapter(NoSQLAdapter):
                 if "%s.size" % tablename in colnames:
                     if part is not None:
                         size += len(str(part))
-            item_dict["%s.content" % tablename] = bar_encode(content)
+            item_dict["%s.content" % tablename] = content
             item_dict["%s.attachments" % tablename] = attachments
             item_dict["%s.size" % tablename] = size
             imapqry_list.append(item_dict)