The Email Standards Project is a new effort whose mission is to drive the use and support of web standards in email, working with email client developers to ensure that emails render consistently.
Matthew Patterson and Mark Wyner, the leadership team behind this effort, have kicked things off with an acid test and a report on Web standards support in popular email clients. Continue reading
NCTA TO FCC: NO EMAIL MANDATES, PLEASE
The cable’s industry largest trade group is opposed to rules that would require Internet Service Providers to forward email to the new email address of a former customer for a period of six months. The National Cable & Telecommunications Association said such rules were unnecessary, expensive, and beyond the regulatory authority of the Federal Communications Commission to impose. Continue reading