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XHTML sucks. Transitional does even more. So does HTML mail. Use plaintext for god's sake.


I'll just pop upstairs to tell my bosses and upper managers that their waterfall charts of PnL for the quarter will be arriving as ascii art.


HTML email still handles that sort of thing poorly. I'd rather receive reports like that as PDF attachments. I can view those almost anywhere, and they're resizable.


They also have lots of tables, are easy to create, especially because of the stylesheets and support for html output in several different languages, and are easy to copy and paste from.

How would I make the pdfs? Please keep in mind that these are internal corporate emails, over several counries and firewalls, with a highly restrictive IT system.


MIME handles inline attachments with aplomb. What does this have to do with HTML?


Erm, the emails also have tables?

edit: I am admitting I don't know how to put tables in a mime email. I also didn't realise I could embed images.




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