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el5879
Contributor ⭐
March 29, 2023

Share an article by email

  • March 29, 2023
  • 5 replies
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Your articles have links to share via FB, Twitter, and Instagram -- why not by email?  There are frequent articles I'd like to share with my wife or daughter, but I'm not on those platforms (and don't want to be).

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    KellytheBelly
    KellytheBelly
    Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
    March 29, 2023

    Can you copy link/url/bookmark, and send via email?

     

    @AARPJanelleM could you assist? 🙂

     

     

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      DirkB349973
      DirkB349973
      Conversationalist ⭐
      March 30, 2023

      @el5879 

      If you want to maintain the formatting, you could print-screen shorter articles to an image and attach them to your email. There are many add-on tools that will provide you with fine control for composition and editing. I'm on Windows and I use one called "Snip & Sketch". I'm not recommending it because there are probably similar tools that are easier to use.

       

      You could copy out the text (CTRL+C) and paste it into your email (CTRL+V), but you would most likely lose formatting, The results could be ugly and difficult to read. As @KellytheBelly said, sending URLs is one of the better ways to do it.

       

      One question that comes to mind is, without apps like FaceBook and Twitter, how are you seeing these articles that you wish to share? Are you seeing links on web pages and finding that you can't follow them yourself? If you can't see the articles, I don't see how you can share them.

        AARPJanelleM
        AARPJanelleM
        Community Champion ⭐
        March 30, 2023

        @el5879 Thank you for reaching out! I have taken note of your feedback for our team to review. You can share an article via email by copying the url to paste into the body of your email. 

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          cr58128325
          Contributor ⭐
          June 25, 2025

           I tried that; it doesn't work if the recipient isn't an AARP member.  Tried to share an article with my daughter, but.....nope 😕

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          AARPConsumerCare
          Community Champion ⭐
          June 26, 2025

          I can understand your frustration, @cr58128325. Which article are you trying to share with your daughter? Some will say AARP Members Edition, and those are exclusive to AARP members (it will ask to log in to the AARP account). - Diana G.

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