How to save gmails

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This is how I save gmails for
printing out as txt, for pdf conversion, or whatever.

1. Open the gmail conversation.

2. Click on “Print All” which will bring up a new, text-based html
page for printing, and the Print dialog box. Cancel the Print
dialog box.

3. Using the “File -> Save Page as…” menu, save the page as
a text file. I use the conversation subject line as
the file name as provided by gmail, stripping off
the leading “Gmail -” and replacing the “.htm”
suffix with “.txt”.

The conversation is now ready for post-processing for
inclusion into other formats. Perl or sed can be used
for this purpose.

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