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object-fit in Outlook Classic

Not supported object-fit is not supported in Outlook Classic.

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

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

Your reader in Outlook Classic sees the email without object-fit, even if it looks right where you tested it.

What to do instead in Outlook Classic

Use width/height attributes instead of object-fit

instead
<!-- Crop/resize image server-side to exact dimensions -->
<img src="photo-300x200.jpg" width="300" height="200"
  alt="Photo" style="display: block; border: 0;" />
Show the original
before
<img src="photo.jpg" style="width: 300px; height: 200px;
            object-fit: cover;" />

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What Outlook Classic does with object-fit

The Emailens probe for object-fit on 3 real installs counted as Outlook Classic, captured 14 Oct 2026. It shows the problem, not the fix. Where object-fit is supported it shows: image cropped, not squashed.

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@emailens/engine 0.18.22 on the original code

Outlook Classic does not support "object-fit".

Your next question

Every feature in Outlook Classic · object-fit in every client

Questions

How many email clients support object-fit?
It works in 14 of 21, partial in 2, not supported in 5.
What do I use instead of object-fit in Outlook Classic?
Use width/height attributes instead of object-fit.
Does object-fit work in AOL Mail?
object-fit is not supported in AOL Mail. Closest to Outlook Classic: AOL Mail, which agrees on 206 of the 298 features both are tested on.

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Real captures 14 Oct 2026 on 10 installs · caniemail (MIT) via @emailens/engine 0.18.22 · tested upstream 15 Jul 2021 · data last changed 10 Nov 2026 · Outlook (New) cells are the engine's mapping