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sevrinsky on May 11, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Can I Email?

I typically compose all messages in Markdown and then convert that into rendered HTML. So if you believe in the expressiveness of Markdown (which I hope you do), then HTML rendering is absolutely necessary.

Unfortunately, desktop Outlook is miserable with HTML support [1]. In particular, code blocks and quotes become an unreadable mess. The only way that I've found to include readable code blocks is to copy from VS Code, which somehow has the magic HTML combination that Outlook understands.

[1] https://www.caniemail.com/clients/outlook/#windows

jonathanstrange on May 11, 2021 [–]

Why is it necessary? The whole point of markdown is that you may render it but it's also fine and easy to read when it remains plaintext.

sevrinsky on May 12, 2021 | [–]

If it's relevant enough for Github/Gitlab to render Markdown for the browser, clearly there's a visibility and aesthetic value to rendering.

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