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Frequently Asked Questions
  • Android 2.3
  • Android Gmail 2.2
  • AOL
  • BlackBerry 8800
  • BlackBerry 9930
  • Entourage 2004
  • Entourage 2008
  • Gmail
  • Hotmail
  • iPad 5.0
  • iPad Gmail
  • iPhone 5.0
  • Kindle Fire 2.3
  • Live Mail
  • Lotus Notes 6.5
  • Lotus Notes 7
  • Lotus Notes 8
  • Lotus Notes 8.5
  • Mac Mail
  • Outlook 2003
  • Outlook 2007
  • Outlook 2010
  • Outlook Express
  • Thunderbird 3
  • Windows Mail
  • Yahoo!
  • Yahoo! (Classic)
Android 2.3

A list of quarky issues in Android 2.3:

CSSCan I write CSS that will only render in mobile devices?

CSSHow do I resize images on the Android so that they fit within the viewport.

CSSHow do I stop my text from wrapping inside the viewport?

CSSMy fonts are enlarged on this device, how do I stop that from happening?

Standards Guide
A list of universally supported HTML and CSS in the most popular email clients:

Universally Supported HTML
Tag Attributes
a class,href,id,style,target
b class,id,style
br class,id,style
div align,class,dir,id,style
font class,color,face,id,size,style
h1 align,class,dir,id,style
h2 align,class,dir,id,style
h3 align,class,dir,id,style
h4 align,class,dir,id,style
h5 align,class,dir,id,style
h6 align,class,dir,id,style
head dir,lang
hr align,noshade,size,width
img align,border,class,height,hspace,id,src,style,usemap,vspace,width
label class,id,style
li class,dir,id,style,type
ol class,dir,id,start,style,type
p align,class,dir,id,style
span class,id,style
strong class,id,style
table align,background,bgcolor,border,cellpadding,cellspacing,class,dir,frame,id,rules,style,width
td abbr,align,background,bgcolor,class,colspan,dir,height,id,lang,nowrap,rowspan,scope,style,valign,width
th abbr,align,background,bgcolor,class,colspan,dir,height,id,lang,nowrap,rowspan,scope,style,valign,width
tr align,background,bgcolor,class,dir,id,style,valign
u class,id,style
ul class,dir,id,style
Clients Included:
  • Android 2.2
  • Android Gmail
  • AOL 9
  • BlackBerry
  • Entourage 2004
  • Entourage 2004
  • Gmail
  • Hotmail
  • iPhone
  • iPad
  • iPad Gmail
  • Live Mail
  • Lotus Notes 8
  • Lotus Notes 8.5
  • Mac Mail
  • Outlook Express
  • Outlook 2003
  • Outlook 2007
  • Outlook 2010
  • Thunderbird 2
  • Thunderbird 3
  • Windows Mail
  • Yahoo Mail
Optional:
Lotus Notes 6.5
Lotus Notes 7

Special
Character Conversion
Convert your special characters to HTML entities:

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