I'm a sucker for holiday-themed messages. There's something about a big, well-timed graphic that makes an email stand out from the crowd.

Here's the latest from TrueCredit, a prolific emailer to ex-customers such as myself. I usually hear from them every week or two.

Date: Tue 24 Oct 2006 9:27 AM
From: TrueCredit [truecredit@email.truecredit.com]
Subject: Autumn Special: James's 3 credit scores

Personalization used: My first name in the subject and message body