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by moreira 3221 days ago
That can be done easily enough with @media queries, I suppose. It's possible to send a table-less, fully responsive, modern HTML email that is invisible for less-modern clients. It doesn't require anything special and is possible today.

The problem is that people who send email need it to look a certain way, and leaving older clients behind, just like you'd have done in IRC/mIRC, is not an option. So having the option to use modern features doesn't change anything, at least for email.
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Spivak 3221 days ago
> The problem is that people who send email need it to look a certain way

I think it's fair to say that actual people don't need any of this. It's businesses and advertisers that would be the overwhelming consumer of these abilities.

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marssaxman 3219 days ago
> The problem is that people who send email need it to look a certain way

As a person who receives email, I would really prefer the people who send email not to have this ability.

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