Many people are sending HTML e-mail for no obvious reason or benefit. HTML e-mail can be recognized by colored backgrounds or typefaces. It sometimes has designs or other decorations in the messages.

Editor’s note: This story has been changed since it was originally posted because several quoted comments were mistakenly attributed to Dave Greiner, head of the FixOutlook.org protest. The ...

New research shows that up to a half of all HTML email attachments are malicious, and not just because of a few massive campaigns. Researchers warn that attackers are relying more on malicious HTML ...