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This does seem to be an overlay, and the underlying HTML for the email can be viewed in the browser's View Source feature (Ctrl+U in most cases), apparently even if logged out. Though not an ideal solution, you may be able to make some use of it. On Wed 27 Sep 2023, at 01:31, Gareth Evans <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Grr, apologies, this doesn't seem to work for gmail, which says the > account is unavailable on reloading the saved page. > > On Wed 27 Sep 2023, at 01:17, Gareth Evans <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> Hi Charles, >> >> If you are using Firefox then Alt+F will bring up the File menu, even >> if it isn't normally visible. >> >> You can then choose >> >> "Save Page As..." >> >> This usually has the keyboard shortcut of Ctrl+S, but this may be >> overridden by email web application shortcuts. >> >> Saving the page will result in a .html file and a directory, with names such as: >> >> Name of Some Page.html (file) >> Name of Some Page_files (directory) >> >> Opening the file ending in .html causes the page to be reconstructed >> locally in the browser from the resources saved in the corresponding >> directory, which reflects your view at the time of saving. >> >> You then have a WYSIWYG copy, though "WYSIWYG" in this context refers >> to some extent to the way your webmail provider formats things, as well >> as features intrinsic to the email. >> >> Printing or saving this to a PDF may be useful. >> >> There was a move to make email content dynamic a few years ago and I'm >> not sure what happened with that, in terms of adoption, so a saved page >> may not necessarily always reproduce the precise original content after >> some time. Some providers shunned the idea. By way of background, >> please see for example: >> >> https://www.fastmail.com/blog/email-is-your-electronic-memory/ >> https://developers.google.com/gmail/ampemail >> https://amp.dev/about/email >> >> Please let me know if any queries. >> >> Best wishes, >> Gareth >> >> >> On Tue 26 Sep 2023, at 23:22, charles meyer <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> My esteemed listmates, >>> >>> This is a very serious. >>> >>> Normally, in Firefox when I want to take a screenshot of all that I see as >>> I scroll down the page I press Ctrl + Shift + K and then type in >>> :screenshot --fullpage and it captures WYSIWYG in a PNG on to my hard drive. >>> >>> I try that with back and forth emails in Gmail but that doesn't work. >>> >>> If I want to capture all the emails exchanged with a person in a gmail >>> account normally I press Reply or Forward I can capture all the back and >>> forty. >>> >>> That doesn't work with this gmail exchange. >>> >>> I'vde taken to snapping photos wiht my cell phone of each screen as I >>> screen down to capture the WYSIWYG. >>> >>> In Chrome and The Edge I can use that Screen Devouring icon which resembles >>> a Pac Man as it bites along the screen from left to right and captures all >>> the scrolling down as WYSIWYG but I must use FF in this case. >>> >>> Is there any Screen Devouring extension for FF? >>> >>> Thank you for your understanding, nonjudgmental help. >>> >>> Charles. >>> >>> Charlotte County Public Library