Actually that is also a way to create and send complex html-messages with Mail. By default the layout capabilities for hmtl-messages are very simple. But you can use any html-editor of your choice (including TextEdit for simple tasks), save as html, open in the browser and then send that to Mail to be sent out. It's a workaround, but it helped me to send some more than basic designs. (And please, let's not let this turn into a discussion how plain text e-mails are the only truth (c:, although I, too, usually prefer them whenever possible.) Björn p.s. I have already filed a feature request with Apple that Mail's layout capabilities should be improved and at least match those of TextEdit's html capabilities.