Date: 05/19/06 (Web Development)    Keywords: css, html, ebay

I've never had the need to develop many HTML emails, though lately they seem to the magic cure for all business ills at my full-time job.
I can complete them and they turn out OK using tables and making sure the images are absolutely referenced on a server.
How are these typically done by Amazon, ebay, Crate & Barrel, etc? Is it just down and dirty basic coding. Most of the sites I design utilize CSS layouts and styling extensively so whenever I do one of these emails I feel like I'm stepping back a bit.

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