mysqldump error: Got packet bigger than max_allowed_packet'

Question

My application download mails over IMAP and stores them in a MySQL database. Earlier I was supporting mails size upto 10 MB and hence a \'mediumtext\' column to store the mail c

Answer 1

1. You can add --max_allowed_packet=512M to your mysqldump command.
2. Or add max_allowed_packet=512M to [mysqldump] section of your my.cnf (thanks @Varun)

Note: it will not work if it is not under the [mysqldump] section...