Solved Printing Mail with Header-Information
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@Poke45
Hi, the request has 10 votes in two years, it is not even tagged as "Nice to have" or "Pipeline".
This will not be implemented any time soon, I fear.Cheers, mib
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I think the ability to print is pretty essential though, for anything claiming to be email client software...
Just in case it helps others who are waiting on this feature, I today installed this EML to PDF converter (you can export the email to "EML" using the right click "save as" feature in Vivaldi Mail itself), and it worked nicely -
https://github.com/nickrussler/email-to-pdf-converterSo hopefully that solves this problem for me, and means I can carry on using the Vivaldi Mail software, which several weeks in I still overall regard as excellent.
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@mib2berlin why tagging and 'voting' on essential features is pointless and should be abandoned.
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@djlconsulting2022 Upvotes are only one of several criteria on which the developers prioritise their enormous list of feature requests, but it does at least give users a voice.
Decision-making Process
Please watch Jón’s Response to my Question on this topic.Summary of Feature Requests
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@Wolfgang Maybe it is alfeady solved. But you can take a screenshot of the mail, select copy to clipboard and then paste in writer or words
Jan Joore
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That is offensive to require users to 'screenshot' their emails because printing them doesn't function as expected. This is 2023. We are not the police. And with such an advanced browser, I am wondering what the motivation is to ignore this request for so long.
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@djlconsulting2022 It must be at least ten years since I printed out an email for my records, but I understand that for some this may be a daily requirement.
However, with only 17 votes after more than 2 years, it is clearly not something that many users need.
It is not offensive to suggest workarounds to solve problems. For my use case, it is adequate, even better than printing directly from Vivaldi mail, as I could add notes before printing if I ever have a need for a hard copy of an important email.
I would have thought it was a simple feature to add, but apparently the developers know better, so you will have to wait or use the suggested workaround.
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Almost three years after the thread was started this essential feature (which, by the way, worked fine in Opera more than 20 years ago) is still missing and annoying me on a frequent basis.
Printing a screenshot is no option as mails - especially the important ones - are usually longer than a few lines and only part of the mail is shown without scrolling. While it is possible to make a complete screenshot of a webpage (i. e. including the part that is currently not shown on the screen) that is not possible from a mail tab. -
I found an older bug report regarding this same issue. I have referenced this thread.
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There is a workaround I found out by chance ... to print Vivaldi eMails WITH headers:
On a Win environment there is usually a kind of M$ Office pre-installed.
Store the eMail as (*.eml) and open this file using the Outlook part.
It does not has to be installed - just cancel all the popups displayed when it has started.
Use the print function - for a hardcopy or to a PDF - and you are done.
It is possible even to take advantage of ample print options and adjust page margins, fonts etc..
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This works pretty much (for me) better than the Java EMAIL-to-PDF-Converter, which seems not to allow any Adjustments.
(Word or Wordpad/Notepad do not decode it properly).
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Of course, clients like Thunderbird or registered Winmail accounts can do it as well. -
This is the same as right-clicking anywhere in the message body, selecting Show Raw Message, then right-click again and select Print. No need to save as an .EML file.
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@edwardp Hi edwarp,
I know of this possibility to see the raw content but this is not the same.In case someone wants really to see ALL the header ++ Information this is the way to do.
On the other hand It will practically just work with simple text-only emails as otherwise there will be tons of email-coded text representing Pictures and/or Attachments.
Of course, this is good to go for analysis purposes.With the raw option even HTML parts are tricky to read with some inherent scripting parts.
As for me I just want the usual (business) header information (From, To,.., Sent, Subject, Attachment,..) plus the email body PROPERLY formatted as intended by the sender.
Unfortunately, for years Vivaldi seems not able or willing to provide this feature.
My suggestion comes with proper page formatting, logos etc. (and a customizable print option).
Not your fault, but by the way, the very tiny email informing me about your post by Vivaldi needs SIX pages of paper using this raw format and the inbuild print facility (zoom=100%).
Then, finally, on page 3 there is your text:edwardp mentioned you in Printing Mail with Header-Information....
@Njoki This is the same as right-clicking anywhere in the message body, selecting Show Raw Message, then right-click again and select Print. No need to save as an .EML file.I tried many of the recommendations found on the internet either they simply do not work or being costly...
If someone is willing to install Thunderbird additionally it's free and open source and does a very good job as well.
As a fully fledged eMail client it could replace the Vivaldi inbuild client completely by far more features... -
@Njoki In Linux with the KDE desktop, it gives me the option to use KMail (not used or configured) or Kate (a text editor) to open and subsequently print the .eml file. The amount of headers will determine how many pages of paper will be used in printing.
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Hi edwardp,
I am sorry, you missed again the point.
KMail is a separate eMail-Client that I used long time ago - no idea if it does the job described above right now..
E. g. Thunderbird and others do.I thought I made it very clear, it is NOT about displaying ALL the normally hidden parts of an eMail header PLUS all the encoded Pictures / Attachments as PLAIN text AND having to "decipher" (a messed up) formatting by using any type of a text editor!!
I don't think it's that hard to understand how the printout should look like ;))
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@Njoki I'm not missing the point at all.
From, To, Date, Subject, at a minimum.
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From, To, Date, Subject it may contain but which output is more useful, the raw message:
or its typeset output:
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This is now implemented with today's Snapshot (6.10.3483.4). E-mails now print Subject, From, Date and To.
Look for VB-44458 in a future Stable changelog.
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Finally... Thanks!
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