<h1> - <h6> Tags Rendered as Green Font in Email Newsletters

Question

I'm designing an email in Dreamweaver with inline CSS, but every test I make, with Hotmail in Firefox and Chrome always renders header tags as a green font color. I want the font to be normal. Nothing will change it. Why is <h1>-<h6> rendered as a font color?

<div class="blockheader">
    <h2>New event starting today!</h2>
</div>

<style>
#block .blockheader {
    background-color: #000;
    color: #FFF;
    font-family: "Arial Black";
    display: block;
    text-align: left;
    padding: 2px 0px 2px 0px;
}
</style>

Answer 1

When writing HTML/CSS for emails, you tend to have to pretend you're going back in time. Meaning, write very basic markup, and use inline styles:

<h1 style="color: #FFF; background: #000">Foo Email</h1>

Additionally, check out the HTML Email Boilerplate. You may also find the Inline Styler to be of help too.