“HTML mail still sucks”

Jeffrey Zeldman gets to the point, two points to be honest: HTML mails don’t work properly in different email clients and - what’s even more important - “nobody needs it”:

“E-mail was invented so people could quickly exchange text messages over fast or slow or really slow connections, using simple, non-processor-intensive applications on any computing platform, or using phones, or hand-held devices, or almost anything else that can display text and permits typing. That’s what e-mail is for. That’s why it’s great. … E-mail is not a platform for design. … Even though it doesn’t work right in many e-mail applications, and even though many users dislike it, HTML appeals to clients because it’s another place to stick their logo. … ASCII means never having to say you’re sorry.“