Testing HTML email rendering

I found emailonacid.com today (beta, currently free†) - have only played with it a little but so far so good. It simulates the following clients:

  • AOL 9
  • Entourage 2004 & 2008
  • Gmail
  • Hotmail
  • Windows Live Mail
  • Windows Mail
  • Mac Mail
  • Outlook 2003 & 2007
  • Thunderbird 2, 3 & Beta
  • Yahoo Classic / Yahoo Mail

The very helpful thing about this service is it tells you what code is not supported in which client.


Edit: Not free anymore, but provides a 7 day free trial.


You could also use PutsMail to test your emails before sending them.

PutsMail is a tool to test HTML emails that will be sent as campaigns, newsletters and others (please, don't use it to spam, help us to make a better world).

Main features:

  • Check HTML & CSS compatibility with email clients
  • Easily send HTML emails for approval or to check how it looks like in email clients

Yes, you can use any of these popular tools:

  • Litmus https://litmusapp.com/
  • MailChimp https://www.mailchimp.com/
  • CampaignMonitor https://www.campaignmonitor.com/
  • Testi@ https://testi.at/
  • Email on Acid @ https://www.emailonacid.com/
  • Email2Go https://email2go.io