Joe, wow,
did not understand in you post how to get images into the rich html idea. But then you point out that some can't even get rich html!

My friend, who brought this up with me thinks it's crazy that I have a PS, at the end of my text --that says as a joke "that not me in the photo below."

And that he cannot see the photos (he has G mail), and he assumes that hundreds of others people cannot see the photos, makes me look like an idiot.

But is he correct? What % would you guess who have G mail don't know how to quickly see the images? I'm on Entourage which has a handy "download images" on upper right pane.