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From: Karl Groves
Date: Sep 3, 2008 11:30AM

It really depends on the nature of the wallpaper.
In terms of accessibility, HTML e-mail has the same challenges that an HTML
web page would have.
Two big things to consider for an HTML e-mail ("wallpaper") are any embedded
images and color contrast. Images in wallpaper usually take the form of
logos/ signatures and backgrounds. Naturally for a logo or signature there
should be some sort of alternative text. For background images, be careful
of the e-mails readability. I see a lot of e-mail wallpapers which create
terrible color contrast problems either due to background images or just
regular old background colors.

Karl