In the middle of an entirely different discussion[1] it more or less fell out that the problems associated with HTML emails would not be problems if we started

In the middle of an entirely different discussion[1] it more or less fell out that the problems associated with HTML emails would not be problems if we started treating unsigned/anonymous emails with some reasonable amount of suspicion. Letting any rando on the internet have access to your HTML interpreter doesn't seem reasonable and things are much better if you only allow that access to people you actually know. HTML is not the only problem with email that would be lessened if we could finally get people to start signing their emails and start treating anonymous emails with suspicion... [1] https://articles.59.ca/doku.php?id=pgpfan:no_new_ae https://articles.59.ca/doku.php?id=pgpfan:no_new_ae (See the "A proposed alternative solution to EFAIL" section)