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> All the features of HTML beyond that get in the way by obscuring the plain text and the information plain text conveys.

I don't see any obfuscation happening in the emails shown in this article. Rather, the article's suggestions give even more emphasis to the text.

"Grr HTML bad" is not a very defensible position.

> In my mind, email, or text communication, is not about presentation but is about textual content.

It was recognized before email even existed that presentation is fundamental to textual communication. Cf. the works of Jan Tschichold and Marshall McLuhan to pick two arbitrary examples.

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I agree that typography, a tiny subset of HTML, is important, and that the emails in article look good and are very readable. However, like with most things, such as scripting and root access, there are security and eyecare concerns involved. And so, I think it is still best that only I am allowed to pick the font and spacing that are comfortable for me, and the sender can only send me plain text information.