Email Worst Practices
Email is (sadly) still one of the most sane communication mechanisms online.
Unfortunately it is abused just as often as it is used.
Still, most alternatives some people have been pushing are even worse, for example XMPP.
HTML Email
If you send HTML email you are as bad as any other spammer.
- Email Etiquette - By David Woodhouse (aka dwmw2).
- List filter - David Woodhouse on the filters he runs for his mailing lists.
- HTML Email sucks - A practical example of why HTML e-mail is a bad idea. By Chad Perrin.
RFCs
- The grammar for email addresses is way beyond insane.