Can I Email: Check what styling email clients support
The french Tilt Studio built a caniuse Show archive.org snapshot clone for email clients.
Note that while checking styling support helps using (or not using) certain features, it cannot substitute for checking the actual rendering in real clients. Make sure you follow Designing HTML Emails.
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