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position in AOL Mail

Partial position is partly supported in AOL Mail.

Supports relative but not absolute, sticky and fixed.

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

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

Your reader in AOL Mail may not see position the way you wrote it, even if it looks right where you tested it.

The fix for AOL Mail

Use table-based positioning instead of CSS position

after 
<table role="presentation" width="100%" cellpadding="0"
  cellspacing="0" border="0">
  <tr>
    <td valign="top">Content</td>
    <td width="80" valign="top" align="right">Badge</td>
  </tr>
</table>
Show the original
before 
<div style="position: relative;">
  <div style="position: absolute; top: 0; right: 0;">
    Badge
  </div>
  <p>Content</p>
</div>

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What AOL Mail does with position

caniemail record, tested upstream 16 May 2021

  • Partial. Supports relative but not absolute, sticky and fixed.

Your next question

Every feature in AOL Mail · position in every client

Questions

How many email clients support position?
It works in 2 of 21, partial in 14, not supported in 5.
What do I use instead of position in AOL Mail?
Use table-based positioning instead of CSS position.
Does position work in Yahoo Mail Android?
position is partly supported in Yahoo Mail Android. Closest to AOL Mail: Yahoo Mail Android, which agrees on 281 of the 297 features both are tested on.

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caniemail (MIT) via @emailens/engine 0.18.22 · tested upstream 16 May 2021 · data last changed 10 Nov 2026 · Outlook (New) cells are the engine's mapping