Emailology - the Science of Looking Good in the Inbox

Announcing the official launch of Emailology.org! This site is jam packed with tools and information for developing HTML emails including a boilerplate template, email client tips & tricks, a reference for universally supported HTML/CSS and a special character converter.

Our New Servers are Up and Running - be on the Lookout for DNS Caching

If you receive a 401 error or you see our maintenance screen, try clearing your DNS cache, here's how...

We’ve added Four Days to each Email on Acid Subscription.

In an effort to express how grateful we are for your patience and understanding, we will be extending each Email on Acid subscription by 4 days.  This means if your subscription was set to renew on the 5th day of this coming month, it will now renew on the 9th day and all subsequent renewals will be based on that date.  If you are on a 3, 6, 9 or 12 month plan, your auto renewal will also be extended 4 days.

Preview your Style Sheet

Have you ever wondered what your style sheets look like? Are you creating duplicate styles because you forgot what you did a month ago? Here is a new, FREE developer tool that allows you to preview every CSS declaration you've ever written.

The Google Font API and HTML Email

Google, in conjunction with Typekit, just released a new Font API that allows designers to easily import non-standard OS fonts into their web pages. The API uses the CSS @font-face rule but relies on their CDN to provide the data bandwidth, which is probably much faster than yours. After hearing about this we wanted to investigate and find out the email client support for such an API.

Email Renderability

Market research has led us to the conclusion that most emails are NOT getting tested for renderability - after all, is that even a word?

When we initially started developing our Email Test, our primary goal was to make life easier for the email designers and developers of the world - those who are hired to produce a professional template or layout for their clients. After all, it seems as though making sure the email "looks good" is a responsibility which falls entirely on them and most often their customers assume it's an easy enough task to accomplish.

The fact is, aside from memorizing the web standards chart provided by Campaign Monitor, having 15 email accounts, installing 11 different desktop clients, and managing several virtual machines - ensuring renderability is much easier said than done. We won't even touch the subject of mobile devices and service plans. So how come it's so rarely talked about? And how many corporate advertisers are being tasked with ensuring the quality of their campaigns? After all, isn't it the corporate identity that's at stake here?

An Email on Acid Update

Our HTML Email Simulation is Getting Rave Reviews!

We are happy to report that our Email Test has been very well received since going live one month ago! In fact, we are averaging over 100 acid tests per day and we have several members helping us to identify key areas for improvement. Thanks so much for the awesome feedback and we want you to know that we are committed to supporting your requests!

People are Talking about our Email Testing Tool!

And so far the response has been great!

We are thrilled to announce that the Email on Acid buzz has begun! In the past week, we have found 6 published articles in various websites detailing current issues regarding the lack of HTML email standards, the challenges of testing, our solution, and a list of the features we offer.

We would like offer our sincere gratitude to those of you who have taken the time to publish us!