topic Re: Share an article by email in General Help

Share an article by email

el5879 — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 21:08:18 GMT

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).

Re: Share an article by email

KellytheBelly — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 23:02:20 GMT

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

@AARPJanelleM could you assist? 🙂

Re: Share an article by email

DirkB349973 — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 14:27:36 GMT

@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.

Re: Share an article by email

AARPJanelleM — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 15:42:02 GMT

@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.

Re: Share an article by email

cr58128325 — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 18:51:56 GMT

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 😕

Re: Share an article by email

AARPConsumerCare — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 13:14:12 GMT

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.