html2text

I use aerc, which is similar to this, but written in Go. Most of these TUI mail clients have a configurable filter option for different MIME types. I've found that this program does a great job as an HTML to text filter: https://github.com/jaytaylor/html2text I think the classic approach is to use something like lynx or w3m with networking disabled, but I wasn't impressed with the output.

Years ago I made a Go library called `html2text' just for this: https://github.com/jaytaylor/html2text/ https://jaytaylor.com/html2text It takes HTML as input and generates markdown-esque plaintext, with the main focus being to make the plaintext version easy and pleasant to read for human beings. Then using MIME types*, you transmit both the rich html version alongside the generated text/plain version. This is cool because it makes it easy to respect both rich clients (like Gmail et. al.) as well as command-line or other clients which work better with simple text. Hope this helps folks have the best of both worlds! :) cheers * n.b. To ensure this works properly, be sure to use the right MIME headers: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3902455/mail-multipart-a...

After seeing the CNN one and now this, it makes me want to create a generalized service to turn any site into TXT format with the html2text [0] golang package. Will submit to Show HN if I get enough round toits ;) [0] https://github.com/jaytaylor/html2text