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Most graphical [[email client]]s support HTML email, and many default to it. Many of these clients include both a [[GUI]] editor for composing HTML emails and a rendering engine for displaying received HTML emails.
Since its conception, a number of people have vocally opposed all HTML email (and even [[MIME]] itself), for a variety of reasons.<ref>[https://subversion.american.edu/aisaac/notes/htmlmail.htm HTML Email: Whenever Possible, Turn It Off!]</ref> For instance, the
While still considered inappropriate in many newsgroup postings and mailing lists, According to surveys by [[online marketing]] companies, adoption of HTML-capable email clients is now nearly universal, with less than 3% reporting that they use text-only clients.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Email Marketing Statistics and Metrics – EmailLabs |url=http://www.emaillabs.com/tools/email-marketing-statistics.html |date=2007-03-29 |access-date=2016-01-30 |quote=HTML has nearly universal adoption among consumers: A Jupiter Research consumer survey found just 3% receive only text email. |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070329012457/http://www.emaillabs.com/tools/email-marketing-statistics.html |archivedate=29 March 2007 }}</ref> The majority of users prefer to receive HTML emails over plain text.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Real-World Email Client Usage: The Hard Data {{!}} ClickZ|url = https://www.clickz.com/clickz/column/2138714/real-world-email-client-usage-the-hard-data|website = clickz.com|access-date = 2016-01-30|last = Grossman|date = 2002-07-09|first = Edward|quote = Do you prefer receiving HTML or text email? HTML: 41.95%, Text: 31.52%, No preference: 26.53%}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = The Science of Email Marketing|url = http://www.slideshare.net/HubSpot/the-science-of-email-marketng/32|website = slideshare.net|access-date = 2016-01-30|quote = In what format do you prefer to receive email messages from companies? HTML: 88%, Plain text: 12%}}</ref>
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