diff --git a/iarchiver/database.py b/iarchiver/database.py
index 8b74f3c..bee4b09 100644
--- a/iarchiver/database.py
+++ b/iarchiver/database.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import time
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import List
 
+from iarchiver.hash import murmur3_chunked
 from iarchiver.mail_conn import FileAttachment, FileAttachmentEncoder
 
 
@@ -39,26 +40,27 @@ class EmailDatabase:
         if sanitized_table_name in self.__restricted_strings:
             raise ValueError(f'Invalid table name, conflicts with system tables: {table_name}')
         cursor = self.conn.cursor()
-        cursor.execute(f'CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS {sanitized_table_name} (timestamp INTEGER, to_email TEXT, from_email TEXT, subject TEXT, raw TEXT, attachments TEXT, id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT)')
+        cursor.execute(f'CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS {sanitized_table_name} (timestamp INTEGER, to_email TEXT, from_email TEXT, subject TEXT, raw_content TEXT, raw_content_hash TEXT, attachments TEXT, id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT)')
         cursor.execute('INSERT OR IGNORE INTO folders_mapping (name, table_name) VALUES (?, ?)', (table_name, sanitized_table_name))
         self.conn.commit()
         cursor.close()
 
-    def insert_email(self, folder: str, timestamp: int, subject: str, raw: str, to_email: str, from_email: str, attachments: List[FileAttachment]):
+    def insert_email(self, folder: str, timestamp: int, subject: str, raw_content: str, to_email: str, from_email: str, attachments: List[FileAttachment]):
+        raw_content_hash = murmur3_chunked(raw_content.encode())
         sanitized_table_name = sanitize_table_name(folder)
         self.__create_table(folder)
         cursor = self.conn.cursor()
 
         # Check if record already exists
-        stmt_check = f"SELECT * FROM {sanitized_table_name} WHERE timestamp = ? AND raw = ?"
-        cursor.execute(stmt_check, (timestamp, raw))
+        stmt_check = f"SELECT * FROM {sanitized_table_name} WHERE timestamp = ? AND raw_content_hash = ?"
+        cursor.execute(stmt_check, (timestamp, raw_content_hash))
         data = cursor.fetchone()
 
         # If record does not exist, insert it
         new_email = False
         if data is None:
-            stmt = f"INSERT INTO {sanitized_table_name} (timestamp, to_email, from_email, subject, raw, attachments) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)"
-            cursor.execute(stmt, (timestamp, to_email, from_email, subject, raw, json.dumps(attachments, cls=FileAttachmentEncoder)))
+            stmt = f"INSERT INTO {sanitized_table_name} (timestamp, to_email, from_email, subject, raw_content, raw_content_hash, attachments) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)"
+            cursor.execute(stmt, (timestamp, to_email, from_email, subject, raw_content, raw_content_hash, json.dumps(attachments, cls=FileAttachmentEncoder)))
             self.conn.commit()
             new_email = True
         cursor.close()
diff --git a/iarchiver/hash.py b/iarchiver/hash.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac4585f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iarchiver/hash.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import hashlib
+
+import mmh3
+
+
+def md5_chunked(data: bytes, size: int = 1024):
+    m = hashlib.md5()
+    for i in range(0, len(data), size):
+        m.update(data[i:i + size])
+    return m.hexdigest()
+
+
+def murmur3_chunked(data: bytes, size: int = 1024):
+    hashes = [mmh3.hash(data[i:i + size]) for i in range(0, len(data), size)]
+    combined_hash = mmh3.hash(''.join(map(str, hashes)))
+    return str(combined_hash)
diff --git a/iarchiver/mail_conn.py b/iarchiver/mail_conn.py
index 8380bb2..f8c9a71 100644
--- a/iarchiver/mail_conn.py
+++ b/iarchiver/mail_conn.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import concurrent.futures
 import email
-import hashlib
 import imaplib
 import logging
 import sys
@@ -13,13 +12,7 @@ from typing import List
 import chardet
 
 from iarchiver.email import extract_emails, normalize_for_imap_folder
-
-
-def md5_chunked(data: bytes, size: int = 1024):
-    m = hashlib.md5()
-    for i in range(0, len(data), size):
-        m.update(data[i:i + size])
-    return m.hexdigest()
+from iarchiver.hash import murmur3_chunked
 
 
 class FileAttachment:
@@ -115,7 +108,7 @@ class MailConnection:
                         filecontents = part.get_payload(decode=True)
                         if not filecontents:
                             continue
-                        filehash = md5_chunked(filecontents)
+                        filehash = murmur3_chunked(filecontents)
                         part.set_payload(f'MD5:{filehash}')  # replace the attachment with its hash
                         filepath = self.attachments_dir / filehash
                         file_obj = FileAttachment(filename, filehash)
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index ec2879a..a328d52 100755
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ def main(args):
             search_criterion = ['ALL']
 
         for email in mail.fetch_folder(folder_name, search_criterion=search_criterion):
-            timestamp, to_email, from_email, subject, raw, attachments = email
-            is_new_email = database.insert_email(folder_name, timestamp, subject, raw, to_email, from_email, attachments)
+            timestamp, to_email, from_email, subject, raw_content, attachments = email
+            is_new_email = database.insert_email(folder_name, timestamp, subject, raw_content, to_email, from_email, attachments)
             if is_new_email:
                 new_emails += 1
             if len(attachments):
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d218722..58f66a5 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 pyyaml==6.0.1
 chardet==5.2.0
-humanize==4.9.0
\ No newline at end of file
+humanize==4.9.0
+mmh3==4.1.0
\ No newline at end of file