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From: Karl Groves
Date: Oct 8, 2014 10:36AM

The CSS support in mail clients is still very poor, which is why you
see so many layout tables being used in HTML email.

On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 11:01 AM, Olaf Drümmer < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> On 8 Oct 2014, at 16:29, John E Brandt < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
>> I'm guessing that mail protocol cannot use CSS so the layout is done with tables and the use of graphics for text.
>
> Absolutely not: many emails I receive have tons of CSS inside their HTML, and they work well in recent desktop email clients. I am not sure how well they work in web mail clients.
>
> Olaf
>
> > > --

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