This post aside, the new Lamson HttpMail class is actually pretty neat. Look at this example: http://dpaste.de/pocD/, which mixes Markdown, HTML and CleverCSS into valid HTML with inline styles.
The entire economy, and especially the advertising industry desperately needs Lamson AMES now, before another major economic collapse destroys the world.
Yeah, I didn't like this. He produced some solid work with Mongrel. He should get back on that train and get over the static. I personally don't care what has been said - I wouldn't even think people at a Ruby conference would care much either.