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After export message from RSS-channel Internet-link disappears

Open Nick222 opened this issue 1 year ago • 5 comments

Hello :)

I use this extension to export messages from RSS-accounts (Thunderbird).

The messages in these accounts have an Internet-link, which is visible when viewing the messages in Thunderbird.

When exporting this messages by this extension to MBOX or EML, these links are saved.

But when exporting to TXT, PDF, or CSV, these links disappear.

When exporting to HTML, these links are exist inside the files, but when I try to opening this file in a browser, they are invisible.

Is it possible to somehow make these links visible after export in different formats?

Thanks :)

Nick222 avatar Mar 14 '25 20:03 Nick222

@Nick222 I don't deal with rss much, it doesn't come up that often. That said, I think I may have the same Thunderbird feed I think you are using. Is it the Thunderbird blog? https://blog.thunderbird.net/feed/

So that feed has links and a banner image. If I export to html links are preserved and clicking in a browser works. Exporting to pdf the links work as well, but the image is blank. I have no control of the pdf engine. Note txt and csv will not have active links unless some application viewer has a hyperlink understanding.

Can you send me the feed you are having issues with? @cleidigh

cleidigh avatar Mar 17 '25 16:03 cleidigh

For example http://postnauka.ru/feed

When I receive news from it by Thunderbird - I see (example) message with header:

Content-Base: https://naked-science.ru/article/physics/qled-excitation-memory

And in Thunderbird I see this hyperlink.

Image

But I cannot see this hyperlink (as text) after export as txt or csv.

Nick222 avatar Mar 17 '25 16:03 Nick222

@Nick222 As I said txt and csv files may contain a link, but unless the viewing application recognizes links and can react to them they are just dead text. @cleidigh

cleidigh avatar Mar 17 '25 16:03 cleidigh

Yes, but I cannot see any "https://" in text-file after export. Only message text.

Nick222 avatar Mar 17 '25 17:03 Nick222

@Nick222 Ok I think I understand better. The Content base is part of a header that is not being exposed by Thunderbird in its translation to html. When I have a moment I will take a look. I assume posts exported to html with links in the body work. @cleidigh

cleidigh avatar Mar 17 '25 17:03 cleidigh