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I simply stopped reading HTML emails and read everything in plain text. Works fine for most of the emails I receive, the ones that don't are almost always marke
by cimm 9y ago
I simply stopped reading HTML emails and read everything in plain text. Works fine for most of the emails I receive, the ones that don't are almost always marketing emails anyway.
I do realise clicking tracking links still works but they are way more visible in plain text mode and it's not that hard to copy & paste the relevant part of the link.
Too bad most email clients have removed plain text rendering these days. I also haven't found a good mobile plain text email client yet.
MailMate has a really nice feature when you can read your mails in plain text by default and toggle the HTML version on a per mail basis with a shortcut.
- pjmlp 9y agoI use Thunderbird with automatically downloads disabled. Same on GMail app.
- discreditable 9y agoThunderbird with Simple HTML view is my favorite. It strips the remote content and fluff, while allowing simple things like bold and tables.
- alex-e 9y ago> Too bad most email clients have removed plain text rendering these days. I also haven't found a good mobile plain text email client yet. eul [1] only has plain text rendering. It only supports Gmail right now, but a full-fledged email client is coming soon. A mobile app will be released in early 2018. [1] https://eul.im https://eul.im
- kwhitefoot 9y agoSounds interesting. It looks like a one man show though. Is it open source/free software?
- deleted 9y ago[deleted]
- j_s 9y agoThe only safe email is text-only email | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15224199 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15224199 (Sep 2017) Not too many metions of email clients except mutt and alpine.