box-shadow in Apple Mail
Works box-shadow works in Apple Mail.
Works in 14 of 21 · partial in 2 · not supported in 5
Which clients
- Works
- Outlook 365, Outlook (New), Outlook iOS, Outlook Android, Outlook for Mac, Apple Mail, Apple Mail iOS, Yahoo Mail, Samsung Mail, Thunderbird, HEY Mail, Proton Mail, Fastmail, Superhuman
- Partial
- Gmail Android, Gmail iOS
- Not supported
- Gmail, Outlook Classic, Yahoo Mail Android, Yahoo Mail iOS, AOL Mail
The fix for the clients that need it
Needed in 7 of 21: Gmail, Outlook Classic, Yahoo Mail Android and 4 more.
Use border as a fallback for box-shadow
.card {
border: 1px solid #e0e0e0;
/* box-shadow as progressive enhancement */
box-shadow: 0 2px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15);
}Show the original
.card {
box-shadow: 0 2px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15);
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What Apple Mail does with box-shadow
The Emailens probe for box-shadow on a real install counted as Apple Mail, captured 14 Oct 2026. It shows the probe, not the fix. Where box-shadow is supported it shows: box with a red shadow.
caniemail: box-shadow works in Apple Mail.
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Questions
- How many email clients support box-shadow?
- It works in 14 of 21, partial in 2, not supported in 5.
- Does box-shadow work in Apple Mail iOS?
- box-shadow works in Apple Mail iOS. Closest to Apple Mail: Apple Mail iOS, which agrees on 284 of the 298 features both are tested on.
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Real captures 14 Oct 2026 on 11 installs · caniemail (MIT) via @emailens/engine 0.18.22 · tested upstream 20 Dec 2023 · data last changed 10 Nov 2026 · Outlook (New) cells are the engine's mapping