On: Use plaintext email

[rapind]

It won't die, because the argument has the same merit today that it always has. That being said, I think it's useful to attach images to an email (not necessarily embed them in the content of the email, but attach them for sure).

IMO HTML email is worse today than it's ever been. Often when I get an HTML email it takes me longer to parse it. On the bright side, the presence of HTML is a decent indicator of a marketing email that can safely be ignored.

[ubermonkey → rapind]

>the presence of HTML is a decent indicator of a marketing email that can safely be ignored.

Enable that as a filter, and you'd get fired SO FAST in most of the places I work.