It's a tradeoff. I'm willing to accept some clumsyness in return for conceptual and technical simplicity. Others may feel different. In practice, most people wh

It's a tradeoff. I'm willing to accept some clumsyness in return for conceptual and technical simplicity. Others may feel different. In practice, most people who write plain text emails manage to format them pleasingly themselves (and 72 column plain text is perfectly readable on my phone, although I prefer not reading email there).