From: Randall Parker 

Sometimes it is because I want to send some part of a complex web page to someone.
The web page might have, for example, tables in it with lots of data.

Or the page could be a blog post with blockquote of quoted text or ul/li tags.

Basically, I want formatting. It helps to convey information.

Ellen K. wrote:
> Why do you want to compose HTML email anyway?
>
> Personally I don't want to receive HTML email, only plain text.

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