Email This

Email This

Remove clutter from web pages and save ad-free articles to your email inbox for later reading. Email This is a simpler alternative to bookmark and "read later" tools like Pocket, Instapaper & Readability.

What is Email This?
"Email This" is a Firefox add-on that allows you to save clutter-free versions of articles to your email for later reading. It removes ads, unnecessary sidebars and distractions from a webpage, thereby providing a clean, readable view of the content. You can save webpages with one click or a keyboard shortcut, and add notes keywords to your saved pages for easy searching. The add-on even lets you save links without opening them, and supports saving PDFs, DOCX files, PPTs, Excel sheets and images as email attachments. Plus, it's completely free to use.
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Stats
By: Bharani
Users: 1,019 ▲ 5
Rating: 3.62 (106)
Version: 2.6.2 (Last updated: 2019-11-28)
Creation date: 2017-02-28
Weekly download count: 14
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: Very high risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • http://*/*
  • https://*/*
  • bookmarks
  • storage
  • contextMenus
Size: 534.10K
Stats date:

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Email This
Email This (v2.6.5)
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Summary

Found a great article but don’t have time to read it now? Save the web page to your email and read it later. Email This removes ads, distractions and crufty sidebars from a web page and sends a cleaned-up, readable view of the page to your email inbox. You can then open up your email client and read your saved articles whenever you want.

Email This is a simpler alternative to bookmark and "read later" tools like Pocket, Instapaper & Readability.

There is no need to signup for a new service or install any additional applications to read your saved bookmarks. You can even access your saved bookmarks offline on your mobile phones and tablets.

Features & Benefits

  • Save any web page or article with one-click
  • Save the current page with a keyboard shortcut
  • [NEW] Add notes and keywords to your saved pages. This helps you search for your content faster
  • [NEW] Include PDF snapshot of all web pages
  • Right-click and save links without opening them. We will open up that link, extract useful content from it and send you an email with its contents.
  • [NEW] Save PDFs, DOCX files, PPTs, Excel sheets and images as email attachments
  • Also works from Android & iOS devices. Simply use the "Share" button on your phone to send an email with a link to [email protected]. EmailThis will reply with the contents of that link.
  • Completely free to use.
User reviews
User reviews summary
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Allows users to save bookmarks and send content to themselves effectively
  • Simplifies keeping a clean desktop by saving page icons for later reference
  • The addition of a save-as-PDF feature for offline content storage
  • Useful for students and professionals to assemble libraries of information
  • Provides ad-free copies of articles directly to the user's email
Cons
  • Service is often unreliable and stops working for periods of time
  • Developer support is lacking or unresponsive
  • Problems with registration and managing account details
  • PDF feature delivers poor results, rendering unreadable outputs
  • Expensive compared to other web services with higher utility
Most mentioned
  • Unreliable service and downtimes
  • Developer unresponsiveness
  • Useful for organization and saving content
  • PDF capture feature issues
  • Cost and value for money
Recent reviews
Doesn't work anymore, dev doesn't reply to support requests.

by J L, 2024-01-20
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Safety
Risk impact

Email This is very risky to use and it requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Avoid installing this add-on unless you absolutely trust this publisher.

Risk likelihood

Email This has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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