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@media in Yahoo Mail

Partial @media is partly supported in Yahoo Mail.

Only supports screen, min-width, max-width, min-height and max-height based media queries.

Works in 5 of 21 · partial in 14 · not supported in 2

Which clients
Works
Apple Mail, Apple Mail iOS, HEY Mail, Fastmail, Superhuman
Partial
Gmail, Gmail Android, Gmail iOS, Outlook 365, Outlook (New), Outlook iOS, Outlook Android, Outlook for Mac, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Mail Android, Yahoo Mail iOS, Samsung Mail, Proton Mail, AOL Mail
Not supported
Outlook Classic, Thunderbird

What to do instead in Yahoo Mail

Design mobile-first for clients without media query support

instead 
<!-- Single-column layout that works without @media -->
<table role="presentation" width="100%"
  style="max-width: 600px;" cellpadding="0"
  cellspacing="0" border="0">
  <tr>
    <td style="padding: 16px;">Left Column</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td style="padding: 16px;">Right Column</td>
  </tr>
</table>
Show the original
before 
<table width="800">
  <tr>
    <td width="400">Left Column</td>
    <td width="400">Right Column</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<style>
  @media (max-width: 600px) {
    table { width: 100% !important; }
    td { display: block !important; width: 100% !important; }
  }
</style>

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What Yahoo Mail does with @media

caniemail record, tested upstream 13 Dec 2023

  • Partial. Only supports screen, min-width, max-width, min-height and max-height based media queries.

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Questions

How many email clients support @media?
It works in 5 of 21, partial in 14, not supported in Outlook Classic and Thunderbird.
What do I use instead of @media in Yahoo Mail?
Design mobile-first for clients without media query support.
Does @media work in Yahoo Mail iOS?
@media is partly supported in Yahoo Mail iOS. Closest to Yahoo Mail: Yahoo Mail iOS, which agrees on 282 of the 298 features both are tested on.

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caniemail (MIT) via @emailens/engine 0.18.22 · tested upstream 13 Dec 2023 · data last changed 10 Nov 2026 · Outlook (New) cells are the engine's mapping