Regarding pdf attachments in gmail. In google search results some time ago pdf files were also present in a converted to text format As a choice. That is no longer the case unless someone knows how to activate it again..
Thinking of your remark, have you tried sending a pdf attachment to yourself to have a text version? The google search result versions were always superior to after the fact conversions of pdf downloads. On Sat, 16 Oct 2021, Karen Lewellen wrote: > Hi Travis, > I am curious. can you share examples of sites that require a gmail > account? > And yet do not need you to confirm anything by sending you an email to > that account? > Speaking personally, the basic html edition of gmail is profoundly needful > for me, especially as often things like pdf attachments get > automatically converted to html, and in lynx become plan text. Same for > word and docx files. > still, I am personally unaware of a site that requires the use of > gmail, the option to sign up with your gmail account, yes, but not an > actual mandate. > Do you mind sharing your experiences with this? > Karen > > > > On Sat, 16 Oct 2021, Travis Siegel wrote: > > > For what it's worth, when I clicked on that link, it brought me to the > > google > > page, and asked me if I was sure I wanted to turn on the html only (or > > whatever it was) feature of gmail.?? I have a gmail account only because > > some > > sites require it.?? I have never once actually checked said mail, and never > > plan to. > > > > But, it did work. > > > > On 10/16/2021 4:30 AM, Bela Lubkin wrote: > >> > On Wed, 13 Oct 2021, Karen Lewellen wrote: > >> > > Sharing this, in case it helps others. > >> > > > >> > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > >> > > Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2021 19:51:07 +0000 > >> > > > >> > > https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/h/1pq68r75kzvdr/?v%3Dlui > >> Zachary Lee Andrews replied: > >> > >> > Am I missing something, the only thing I see in your message is a gmail > >> > URL that doesn't work... > >> Right, gmail URLs are per-person. mail.google.com/mail/u/0 is the > >> mailbox of *your* primary logged-in google ID. For anyone else, that > >> URL means 'the message with this hash key in *my* mailbox', which is > >> vanishingly unlikely to exist; and if it did, it wouldn't be the same > >> message anyway. > >> > >> If you want to forward text out of a gmail message, you need to forward > >> the text, not a gmail URL... > >> > >> > Bela< > >> PS: apologies to Zachary for mistakenly sending 1st copy of this to him > >> > > > > > -- ent- XR
