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blacktie24
blacktie24

Reputation: 5075

Do html friendly email clients generally support CSS stylesheets?

Or should I just use inline styling?

Upvotes: 6

Views: 2954

Answers (4)

mnsr
mnsr

Reputation: 12437

Some do some don't. Generally I found it's better to just use inline styling for it as the email apps will ask you to download them separately.

Also test a lot with them cos the CSS support in outlook (for example) is dodgy at best.

Upvotes: 0

personaelit
personaelit

Reputation: 1653

I'd definitely use inline styling. I was treating emails as pretty much HTML documents for a while and learned the hard way that some of my users were receiving blank emails.

A good email client will support external CSS, but if you need to be sure that the recipients will be able to read the email no matter how crappy thier client, then use inline styles.

Upvotes: 0

Daveo
Daveo

Reputation: 19872

No do not use stylesheets. Use inline styles.

See this for some information http://www.campaignmonitor.com/resources/

This explains what CSS is supported or not http://www.campaignmonitor.com/css/

Here is a Template to get you started http://htmlemailboilerplate.com/

Upvotes: 5

leopic
leopic

Reputation: 3002

Here's a good guide on what is supported by who http://campaignmonitor.com/css/

Keep in mind that now, the iPhone email client counts as one more that has a fair CSS support, so if your customers happen to be iPhone users, you might be in luck.

Upvotes: 0

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