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We are excited to announce that we now support embedded image testing within our email testing suite. In case you aren’t aware, using embedded images is a technique in which the actual images are included, “embedded”, within the email. The primary reason to use embedded images is to get around the concept of image blocking within email clients. If the image is embedded inside the email, in most cases, the image will be displayed regardless if images are turned on or off.

Embedded Image Support in Email Clients

Although we support embedded images, it doesn’t necessarily mean that we suggest using this technique over referenced (hosted) images. That is due to some email clients not supporting embedded images and you could experience some deliverability problems. We leveraged our email testing suite and compiled a complete list of which email clients support and do not support the use of embedded images.

Check out the results below:

Embedded Image Support
Email Client	Image Blocking On	Image Blocking Off
Apple Mail 6
Apple Mail 7
Live Mail
Lotus Notes 6.5
Lotus Notes 7
Lotus Notes 8
Lotus Notes 8.5
Outlook 2003
Outlook 2007
Outlook 2010
Outlook 2013
Thunderbird
Android 2.3
Android 4.0.3
Android Gmail
BlackBerry 9930
Gmail App iOS 7
iPad 2
iPad Mini
iPhone 5S (iOS 7)
iPhone 5S (iOS 8)
iPhone 6 (iOS 8)
iPhone 6+ (iOS8)
AOL
BOL
Comcast
EarthLink
Freenet.de
Gmail
GMX
Libero
Mail.ru
Office 365
Orange.fr
Outlook.com
SFR.fr
T-Online.de
Web.de
Yahoo!

Do you embed images within your emails? If so, then give our email testing services a test drive with our 7-day free trial. Always be sure to test your emails before you send so you don’t lose any precious conversions!