email, html, and css

I know, I know. HTML formatted email is evil, even so, here at PTP, and at lots of other places, we occasionally use HTML in email, and our HTML messages use CSS to try to make things look nice.

If you have ever tried to do this on purpose, you know that it's difficult to do it well, and that even with your best efforts, things can still come out looking strange for the reader, so I was very happy to see a link to CSS and Email, Kissing in a Tree from OneNW.

The article is a nice summary of the problems involved in using CSS to manage the look of your HTML formatted email. It also has some good advice on how to get your CSS styled email into a format that is most likely to be displayed correctly across browsers and operating systems.

If you send HTML email, it's worth a look.