Smtp send email with style sheet

Question

I want to include style sheet in the email body while sending an email with SMTP. Is it possible, as I don't want to give inline style to each and every html tag.

If i include class="sampleClass" in any HTML tag then it is not appearing in the email view source, why?

How can I include internal style sheet in body, while sending email?

Answer 1

As this page says: http://css-tricks.com/using-css-in-html-emails-the-real-story/ you cannot link to an external style sheet, but you can add inline styles. so it looks like adding inline styles is a viable option.

Also, you cannot add styles to the head section, since some mail clients do not support it, again refer to http://css-tricks.com/using-css-in-html-emails-the-real-story/, so just concentrate on adding inline styles.

Answer 2

You can use style tag and define there inside mail itself. As follow

 <style type="text/css">
 </style>

and use those styles in you message.

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Answer 3

Although it is possible as such, having a consistent and working template in major webmails and mail client is already very tricky, and using styles, even in an inline <style> tag make it even more tricky. Actually, to design a mail template, you should forget everything you know about best practices on the web, and consider this a completely different medium that appears to understand some HTML and CSS.