# Maintain tables from HTML email in when using HTML to Markdown

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/maintain-tables-from-html-email-in-when-using-html-to-markdown/64434>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [June 13, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/maintain-tables-from-html-email-in-when-using-html-to-markdown/64434 "2017-06-13T16:27:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![vinothkannans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/vinothkannans/32/86465_2.png) [@vinothkannans](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vinothkannans)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 9:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/maintain-tables-from-html-email-in-when-using-html-to-markdown/64434/4 "2018-05-03T09:06:44Z")

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> [@mcwumbly](#):
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> I was trying to advise a user on how they might import a Google Doc into Discourse as a new topic and suggested trying to copy/paste the doc into an email and then email it in.

Yes, it will work better **if** the user used copy-paste method instead of email-in workaround.

HTML pasting feature uses client side JavaScript for Markdown conversion. But for incoming emails we converting it in server side using our [custom converter](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/lib/html_to_markdown.rb) which doesn’t support Markdown tables yet.

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