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I've spent _way_ too long on custom HTML for email signatures and email content without any tooling.. just an editor, some inline styles and a whole lot…",{"id":61,"by":62,"text":63},"26660633","supermatt","Very nice, however: > The designs that you create in Mail Studio are compatible with everything from iOS Mail to Outlook 2007 and > If you like writing code, you will love Mail…",{"value":65,"source":54,"evidence":66},"Marketing and communications people who send email campaigns",[67,71],{"id":68,"by":69,"text":70},"26659887","prepend","This is desktop software, why is there a monthly fee? I occasionally want to send “nice looking” emails but get asked by lots of comms people about it. Recommending a monthly fee…",{"id":72,"by":73,"text":74},"26663812","cafed00d","I wonder who the target consumer for this would be. 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