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Why are you sending emails with tables in them? If you really need that much formatting maybe you should link or attach your document.

• HPsquared 6y ago
  It depends on the field you're in I suppose. I use tables all the time in email, they're a very organised and quick way of presentning infomation, wth the benefit of colour coding. Someone can respond to the table by adding a column with their own thoughts on each item, etc. - very good for formal approval/discussion on a list of points. Why should someone be forced to use a separate file for simple HTML formatting?
  • swiley 6y ago
    Collaborating on documents over email feels like a hack. I definitely don’t share your experience but that seems like something which belongs on a wiki or at least in a git repo.
    • HPsquared 6y ago
      The point is to keep things as lightweight and transferrable as possible. I can send an HTML-formatted email to someone, and they can see it right away. Also, an email chain on a topic shows the development of the discussion over time. I'm in consulting so when dealing with clients there is a need to keep things lightweight. Email is more of a 'record' than a 'document' - these are different things. Wiki and Git repos are more for building up a permanent body of work which will be referred to and built on (i.e. documents), rather than transitory discissions and a log of daily events (i.e. records).
• tomrod 6y ago
  Not the OP. Several east coast-style execs I've worked with won't open attachments, but rather forward correspondence with attachments to their team. So for them to ever see the info, it has to be in an email body.
• ubermonkey 6y ago
  ...because they're useful for communication? Honestly, I'd rather get a mail with tables in it than a mail that references a companion attachment. It's not even close.
• zdw 6y ago
  Alternatively, don't send HTML email and use plain, monospaced text to send tables padded with spaces.