# Plaintext summary **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [February 6, 2024, 9:54pm UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/plaintext-summary/222 "2024-02-06T21:54:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lr0](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.systemcrafters.net/lr0/32/180_2.png) [@lr0](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/lr0)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 9:54pm UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/plaintext-summary/222/1 "2024-02-06T21:54:15Z")
Can we have plain-text summary like those ones on the newsletter? ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/systemcrafters/original/1X/ce1cd83980e14ce12da28a5a82dc420fd5219449.png) I’m not quite sure whether discourse allows this option tho ---
**Author:** ![alphapapa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@alphapapa](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/alphapapa)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 12:26am UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/plaintext-summary/222/2 "2024-02-07T00:26:54Z")
`M-x eww RET https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/plaintext-summary/222 RET`. Doesn’t look too bad. ---
**Author:** ![lr0](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.systemcrafters.net/lr0/32/180_2.png) [@lr0](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/lr0)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 12:45am UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/plaintext-summary/222/3 "2024-02-07T00:45:57Z")
I didn’t mean reading the posts as plain text but “Since your last visit”-like email summaries. They are labeled as Activity Summary under the settings. It’s still possible for me to open them as html inside xwidget (not directly though because there is no link to the email, would have to extract the html manually first) or eww but I think it would be more convenient if those were just plain text emails. [https://useplaintext.email/](https://useplaintext.email/) ---
**Author:** ![cryptk](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.systemcrafters.net/cryptk/32/67_2.png) [@cryptk](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/cryptk)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 1:00am UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/plaintext-summary/222/4 "2024-02-07T01:00:17Z")
In notmuch.el I see first the plaintext version of the summary and it’s pretty good, with all the links as numbered footnotes. ---
**Author:** ![lr0](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.systemcrafters.net/lr0/32/180_2.png) [@lr0](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/lr0)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 1:15am UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/plaintext-summary/222/5 "2024-02-07T01:15:50Z")
Hmm… can you share an example? The screenshot I posted is from mu4e view ---
**Author:** ![cryptk](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.systemcrafters.net/cryptk/32/67_2.png) [@cryptk](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/cryptk)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 1:21am UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/plaintext-summary/222/6 "2024-02-07T01:21:13Z")
Sure: ![2024-02-06-222018_757x526_scrot](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/systemcrafters/original/1X/4e299b3ae438d81163d311929d3ae41c4a1dd516.png) ---
**Author:** ![lr0](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.systemcrafters.net/lr0/32/180_2.png) [@lr0](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/lr0)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 8:46pm UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/plaintext-summary/222/7 "2024-03-05T20:46:19Z")
I was going to move to notmuch.el. Found out today that mu added this feature ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/systemcrafters/original/1X/93aa7896c8eaa1668cd351f57638b6c39711e22a.png) ---
**Author:** ![daviwil](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.systemcrafters.net/daviwil/32/1_2.png) [@daviwil](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/daviwil)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/plaintext-summary/222/8 "2024-03-05T20:54:09Z")
Nice, I’m glad that there’s a good plain text version included with the emails!