Sending HTML (pretty looking) emails for corporate newsletters and the like is considered to be the norm these days. Most browser based (Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc.) and offline client based (Thunderbird, Outlook Express, Apple Mail, etc.) are taking great strides toward fully supporting HTML based emails. Oddly, but not at all unlike Microsoft, the most recent version of Outlook (2007) has retrograded its feature set in this regard. Outlook 2007 does not support background images, nor does it support a great deal of CSS based formatting. Yes it’s true. As far as supporting modern email formats (HTML/CSS) Outlook as gone backwards.
If you are looking for information on the compatibility of various email clients with various email formats and technologies there is a fantastic site over at Campaign Monitor.
You should find everything you need on the above topic at that page.
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