Google is bringing AMP, its cut-down version of HTML, to email. Starting today, Gmail on the Web will be able to support embedded AMP content, with support rolling out to mobile clients later ...

A Security Problem HTML-based email can be susceptible to viruses, because HTML supports JavaScript, and JavaScript is a language that activates functions.

New research shows that up to a half of all HTML email attachments are malicious, and not just because of a few massive campaigns.