Cannot set color for visited links in Email

Question

This is a simple question that I'm having lots of trouble finding the answer to. I'm setting the color of links like so:

<a style="color:#3067b3;text-decoration:none;" href="#">colored link</a>

But when I click the link it turns white for no reason, and I have not been able to change it back. Does anybody know why this is?

NOTE: I am designing an email that is meant to look correct across different email clients. Otherwise I would be specifying styles in a CSS file.

Answer 1

Stephen's solution did work for me. I can't comment yet, so here's the necessary code Rajneesh asked for:

<a href="http://www.example.org" style="text-decoration: none; color: #EC7405;">
    <strong style="text-decoration: none; color: #EC7405;">Example Link</strong>
</a>

Make sure to use <strong>, I tried it with a <span> first, but that didn't work, it needed to be a <strong> tag for some reason. Also make sure to add at least the "text-decoration: none" style to the <a>, otherwise there might appear an underline after the link was clicked. I used the sure solution and added the full style to both the <a> and the <strong>, better safe than sorry ;)

Answer 2

Most Email clients will completely ignore any CSS thats not inline, so external stylesheets are not the way to go