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Since a lot of email clients ignore the HEAD tag, can I embed an inline stylesheet in the body?
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You can place HTML style tags in <head> or <body> elements. We'd recommend choosing the first option, as that allows you to keep the content and styling information separate. Note: you can also use <link> elements to apply styles kept in external stylesheets.
Adding Styles to HTML Elements Inline styles — Using the style attribute in the HTML start tag. Embedded style — Using the <style> element in the head section of the document.
The <style> tag is used to define style information (CSS) for a document. Inside the <style> element you specify how HTML elements should render in a browser.
The short answer is no. Gmail strips the tag and it's content.
Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail and Windows Live Mail does not strip style-tags in the body-element.
But take a look at "The Ultimate Guide to CSS" for HTML email over at Campaign Monitor.
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Creating an HTML email that works in every email client is hard. I spent several months refining a good looking template.
http://commadot.com/the-holy-mail/ - original blog with my findings.
http://commadot.com/email-best-practices/ - latest greatest.
Specific answer to your question: Gmail will be ok with style="" but not with a <style> block.
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