I know that most of you guys and girls reading this blog are web designers, and like me you are probably sick of having to code your MailBuild templates like it's still 1999.

Microsoft's Outlook 2007 dealt another blow to the dream of standards based HTML email, but it's not just a Microsoft problem. There are so many popular email clients, and such big variations between what they support, and how they render it. Over on the Campaign Monitor blog Dave has posted on why we need standards support in HTML email.

It's a call to arms for web designers to stop pretending HTML email doesn't exist, and to get involved in improving the situation. We'll be doing our best to get the message out, but we'll need your help. Have a read of the post, and leave a comment in support or disagreement.

The time is now for web standards in HTML email.