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You can install any email client available on ubuntu, e.g. thunderbird. No need to use Elementary's stock apps.

OP here - Yes and no. Mail can now cope much better with some HTML email, but there still isn't an obvious way to add a signature (I allude to that in the post).

Why would you want an HTML signature?

It's a common use case that's why.

Because he's tacky.

Some companies will require you to use a signature with an image and particular formatting. Also, tackiness is in the eye of the beholder.

Mail used to use webkitgtk (the old api), but has been since ported to use webkit2gtk (the new, multi-process api), you might wanna give it a second look.

EDIT: I stand corrected. This has not happened yet. I confused this with some other changes.