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As it is today, 85% of the most popular email clients used today block images by default. That means that unless your readers opt to download your images, they might be missing out on your primary call-to-action!

Its rendering engine? MS Word.

As we gear up to add Outlook 2013 to our expanding list of supported email client previews, we find ourselves confirming what some have already pointed out. The MS Word rendering engine is unfortunately here to stay for the next several years.

Ok, so you're in charge of sending email blasts to thousands of people on your list. But how often should you engage your customers? Do you have a road map for each communication? Does it include auto responders? Monthly newsletters? Follow-ups? How targeted is your messaging? In this article, I'd like to give praise to a group of people who are paving the road to change, one email at a time.

O.co is well known for its wide variety of inventory, bargain pricing, and ultra candid customer reviews. This e-store has everything you could ever want or need without the clutter and this fresh, clean, and organized layout is no exception.

Microsoft has openly admitted that Hotmail isn't so hot, and that webmail, in general needs a major makeover. But now the company is leap-frogging over it's popular Hotmail web service via an all-new webmail client, dubbed: Outlook.com. With a fresh coat of Metro, limited ads and unlimited data storage Outlook.com aims to give Gmail a cool run for its money.

So what does this mean for HTML email developers?

With scrumptious cupcakes, donuts, eclairs, jelly beans, gingerbread houses, and ice cream sandwiches galore, one has to wonder: Which of Android's tantalizing treats is the most popular? Well according to Mihaita Bamburic from betanews.com, it's Gingerbread by a carb lover's landslide.

One look at this captivating jetBlue email and you begin to hatch wondrous plans and ideas of beaches and the ocean breeze.

Sometimes it's important to mix it up a bit! Anthropologie, a hip woman's clothing and accessories retailer, takes a step outside the box with this spunky, scrapbook style email geared to rev up some excitement about their summertime close-out sale.

This light hearted and whimsical approach redirects their reader's focus from spending money to something far more engaging: creative ideas and solutions for their interior space.

I'm always on the lookout for creative ways for handling image blocking. As a subscriber to their cable service, DirectTV sends me periodic emails introducing new movies that are available for download. Recently I've spotted a noteworthy trend in the way they handle this challenge.

Here's another email that recently graced my inbox from L.L. Bean. This is a completely different approach for solving the exact same challenge: which is to politely invite their inactive recipients to stay or go.

One of the most difficult tasks as an email marketer is keeping your mailing list up to date with an active segment of participating recipients. Lately we've seen some rather clever and unique techniques for doing just that. This Piperlime.com email is no exception!

Claud Monet once said "Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment." Art.com has done a beautiful job complementing Monet's day-long obsession with this bold, pop-art inspired email design...

We are inspired by the simplicity of this design, its subtle use of red, white, and blue, as well as the balance of strong imagery with emotional copy.

This one column layout is straight and to the point, without being too formal. The designer has stayed true to Shutterfly's existing brand by...

Though back-to-school is infamous for making children crave more summertime, Gymboree manages to turn it into a celebration with the fun fonts and the big red party balloons!

To commemorate their first birthday in the United States, this designer used funny and prominent image-metaphors with the perfect image to every caption. Their illustration of a musician "launching" off the ground, grasping to an American flag firework is amazingly clear; it matched the title perfectly.

If you are trying to stack tables side by side or top to bottom, you might find Outlook 2007 & 2010 to be a bit, well... troublesome. If you are seeing unwanted gaps or spacing between your tables, you've come to the right place.

In this article, I'll spare you the speech about Outlook and it's infamous Word rendering engine and we'll cut straight to the fix.

In this Update:

• Introducing 9 mobile device screen capture combinations!
• Now you can test your deliverability (only) without having to process email previews.
• Make sure your email does not get cut off in the iOS - we confirmed this happens on POP accounts only!
• Check out our FREE email optimization tool.
• A "Pint" for your thoughts?