(I minified my code before installing on Apple OSX) Here are some useful links I discovered on the way: The weirdest discovery (which was quite by chance) is that if you paste into a Gmail signature box using Chrome, all hyperlinks get underlined but Firefox is more polite and doesn’t back-seat drive.Īpologies to the Android users, I will be testing this soon and I am not giving up on Outlook’s underline issue and will continue to update the source files on GitHub: I also discovered that Gmail prefers to otherwise Outlook creates large margins. So added Outlook’s classes to the and tags to override some of its baked in styles. I looked under the hood of the signature files in Outlook and even with one word of text there is an enormous amount of code wrapped around it. I started with Matt Coneybeare’s code (‘ How to Make an HTML Signature in Apple Mail for macOS Catalina 10.15’) with the Apple OSX code and adapted it from there for the iOS and Outlook versions. It also gave me a reason to post my first story on Medium 😁. It was a time-consuming but also a very satisfying project and kept me busy through the dark days of lockdown.
Versions tested:Īpple OSX Catalina 10.15.7 Mail v13.4 Apple OSX Big Sur 11.0 (Beta) Mail v14.0 Apple iOS 14.1 Mail Apple iOS Spark Gmail Outlook v2009 | Windows 10
I also tested them successfully in OSX Big Sur (Beta) so hopefully they will work with the final release. I tinkered with my own HTML email signature to get my font style and colors appearing correctly and focused on the following email clients: OSX Mail, iOS Mail, Gmail, Spark and Outlook.Īfter an odyssey of testing, I have 3 code files that can be installed on OSX Mail, iOS Mail (which also works in Gmail), and Outlook - maintaining the look I wanted… mostly… I’m looking at you Outlook and Windows 10 Mail!Īpple OSX prefers its code wrapped in a tag, iOS only needs a, and Outlook likes the full monty with everything wrapped in an tag, hence the 3 versions.
One way of ensuring this is to use an image file, styled exactly how you want, but then you can’t make the most of linking your telephone number, email and website URL (and any social media links you want) and often it doesn’t appear in the inbox of folks who have high security settings. It’s important for your brand that you have a consistent signature across all email clients and devices - it looks professional and helps to solidify your brand. My HTML email signature in Apple iOS Mail inbox
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