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Print only part of an email

5 October 2026 · searched as print only part of an email

Printing a long thread to keep one paragraph wastes pages, and most mail apps print all of it. Select the part you want and MailCode prints that — with the sender, date and subject above it, so the page still says where it came from.

How to do it

Select the passage in the reading pane.
Press ⌘P (Ctrl+P on Windows), or click the printer in the toolbar.
The preview opens on Selection. Whole message beside it switches to everything; a page range narrows it further.
Click Print….

MailCode: A selected passage, ready to print on its own. — A selected passage, ready to print on its own.

The selection is printed under the message’s header, with a line that says it is an extract — a printout never passes for the whole mail. With nothing selected, the preview offers the whole message.

MailCode is a mail client for Mac and Windows that keeps your mail in a searchable archive on your own disk. Free for 14 days.

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