Where to put hyperlinks in HTML Email to avoid issues in AOL, Outlook, Gmail and Yahoo?
When Hyperlinks <a></a> were used OUTSIDE <div></div> as follows
<TD width="74" valign="middle"><A style="color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.thedotclub.org/dotday/" target="_blank">
<DIV style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"> International Dot Day</DIV>
</A></TD>
the result was as follows in Google chrome.
The result in Microsoft Outlook 2007, the first image and the associated text has gone up a little bit from the base line. The issue was visible in Outlook 2013. All versions of AOL (win/mac), Gmail (win/mac), Yahoo (win/mac) Outlook 2003, 2011, 2016 did not show the issue.
When Hyperlinks <a></a> were used INSIDE <div></div> as follows
<TD width="74" valign="middle">
<DIV style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><A style="color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.thedotclub.org/dotday/" target="_blank">International Dot Day</A></DIV>
</TD>
the result in Microsoft Outlook 2007. The issue is fixed. Cool!
<TD width="74" valign="middle"><A style="color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.thedotclub.org/dotday/" target="_blank">
<DIV style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"> International Dot Day</DIV>
</A></TD>
the result was as follows in Google chrome.
The result in Microsoft Outlook 2007, the first image and the associated text has gone up a little bit from the base line. The issue was visible in Outlook 2013. All versions of AOL (win/mac), Gmail (win/mac), Yahoo (win/mac) Outlook 2003, 2011, 2016 did not show the issue.
When Hyperlinks <a></a> were used INSIDE <div></div> as follows
<TD width="74" valign="middle">
<DIV style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><A style="color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.thedotclub.org/dotday/" target="_blank">International Dot Day</A></DIV>
</TD>
the result in Microsoft Outlook 2007. The issue is fixed. Cool!



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