diff --git a/packages/admin/src/editor/nodes.ts b/packages/admin/src/editor/nodes.ts
index 061863b..8615d2f 100644
--- a/packages/admin/src/editor/nodes.ts
+++ b/packages/admin/src/editor/nodes.ts
@@ -211,6 +211,15 @@ export const MarkdownImages = Extension.create({
         }
         flush();
         return out;
+    },
+    // Holding the paragraph token also makes this the paragraph's writer when saving Markdown, so it
+    // writes paragraphs as the paragraph extension does; without this every paragraph saved empty.
+    renderMarkdown: (node: any, h: any, ctx: any) => {
+        const content = Array.isArray(node?.content) ? node.content : [];
+        if (content.length) return h.renderChildren(content);
+        // A second empty paragraph in a row keeps the gap.
+        const prev = ctx?.previousNode;
+        return prev?.type === 'paragraph' && !(Array.isArray(prev.content) && prev.content.length) ? ' ' : '';
     }
 });
 
diff --git a/packages/server/src/email.ts b/packages/server/src/email.ts
index 5e73b6f..7c7fc7e 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/email.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/email.ts
@@ -203,7 +203,13 @@ function plainBody(markdown: string): string {
         })
         .replace(/<iframe\b[^>]*src="([^"]+)"[^>]*>[\s\S]*?<\/iframe>/gi, '$1')
         .replace(/<img\b[^>]*alt="([^"]*)"[^>]*>/gi, (_m, alt: string) => (alt ? `[${alt}]` : ''))
-        .replace(/<\/(p|div|figure|figcaption|h\d|li|blockquote)>/gi, '\n')
+        // Lists and tables from HTML bodies: a line per item and per row.
+        .replace(/<\/p>\s*(?=<\/(li|td|th)>)/gi, '')
+        .replace(/<li\b[^>]*>/gi, '- ')
+        .replace(/<\/t[dh]>\s*(?=<\/tr>)/gi, '')
+        .replace(/<\/t[dh]>/gi, ' | ')
+        .replace(/<br\s*\/?>|<\/(tr|li)>/gi, '\n')
+        .replace(/<\/(p|div|figure|figcaption|h\d|blockquote|pre|ul|ol|table)>/gi, '\n\n')
         .replace(/<[^>]+>/g, '')
         .replace(/&nbsp;/g, ' ')
         .replace(/&amp;/g, '&')
@@ -216,6 +222,18 @@ function plainBody(markdown: string): string {
         .trim();
 }
 
+const wordCount = (text: string) => text.match(/[\p{L}\p{N}]+/gu)?.length ?? 0;
+
+/**
+ * The text part's body. The Markdown copy reads best, but copies saved by editors before the
+ * paragraph fix lost their paragraphs; when it holds clearly fewer words than the HTML, use the HTML.
+ */
+function textPart(markdown: string, html: string): string {
+    const fromMarkdown = plainBody(markdown);
+    const fromHtml = plainBody(html);
+    return wordCount(fromMarkdown) >= wordCount(fromHtml) * 0.8 ? fromMarkdown : fromHtml;
+}
+
 /** The newsletter for a post. The unsubscribe placeholder is swapped per recipient. */
 export function newsletterEmail(o: {
     site: SiteSettings;
@@ -271,7 +289,7 @@ export function newsletterEmail(o: {
     });
 
     const byNames = o.authors.map(a => a.name).join(', ');
-    const text = `${post.title}\n${[byNames, date].filter(Boolean).join(' · ')}\n\n${plainBody(o.markdown)}\n\nRead on the web: ${o.postUrl}\n\n--\n${o.site.title}\nUnsubscribe: ${UNSUBSCRIBE_PLACEHOLDER}${o.postalAddress ? `\n${o.postalAddress}` : ''}\n`;
+    const text = `${post.title}\n${[byNames, date].filter(Boolean).join(' · ')}\n\n${textPart(o.markdown, o.body)}\n\nRead on the web: ${o.postUrl}\n\n--\n${o.site.title}\nUnsubscribe: ${UNSUBSCRIBE_PLACEHOLDER}${o.postalAddress ? `\n${o.postalAddress}` : ''}\n`;
     return { subject: post.title, html, text };
 }