On Friday 08 May 2015 20:14:25 Mike Bird wrote: > This is one way to convert an HTML-only email to a text-only email. > It is a last resort for when no safer and easier solution can be > found. > > WARNING: Converting HTML to text is error prone. You may lose the > content of the email. If the email is at all important COPY it to > another mail folder and then try the conversion on that copy. > > NOTE: These instructions assume you have not previously used any > mail filters. If you have already used mail filters it's up to > you to figure out how to create a new mail filter instead of > following these instructions. These instructions convert the > default "<unknown>" no-op mail filter to an UnHTML filter. > > 1. Settings / Configure Filters. > > 2. At left rename <unknown> to UnHTML. > > 3. In General tab select filter action "Pipe Through". > > 4. Copy/paste the following in the white box all on one line. > > perl -e '$h=1;while(<>){print;if($h&&$_ eq "\n"){$h=0;open(STDOUT,"| > lynx -stdin -dump")}}close(STDOUT);' > > 5. In Advanced tab uncheck all, except check only "Add this filter > to the Apply Filter menu" and "Additionally add this filter to the > toolbar". > > 6. OK > > You should now have a blue gear wheel in your toolbar and the > tooltip for it should say "Filter UnHTML". > > Select the message you want to convert (or for safety a copy of > it) and click the blue gear wheel. The message should disappear > and then reappear without HTML a few seconds later. > > WARNING: If you lose information it's your fault for not making > enough backups. > > Good luck! Thanks, Mike! Lisi