Links in email turn blue when email is forwarded

Question

Creating a HTML email and the links of the email turn blue when it is forwarded in Outlook and Gmail (only tested those).

The links should be color: #3c4047 and work when email is sent normally but change to blue when forwarded and only when forwarded.

<h3 style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0 0 10px;">
    <a href="my-link" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: #3c4047;"><font face="'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif">Some text</font>
</a></h3>

Have also tried putting the color on all of the elements. Any thoughts on what the cause is?

Gmail adds this class:

.ii a[href] {
  color: #15c;
}

But I think this is standard, whats happening is the color styles are being stripped out when the email is forwarded in Outlook. Is this standard behavior when forwarding from Outlook?

Can you be a little clearer? Do you want to turn it blue or whaT? — Thijs Kempers, Oct 30 '14 at 11:26
Maybe these sites recognize it as a link and override your existing style. — Emre Acar, Oct 30 '14 at 11:27

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 30 '14 at 11:34

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Try to add:

<style>
a:visited { color }
a:hover { color }
a:active { color }
</style>

to your e-mail.

answered Oct 30 '14 at 11:34

Thijs Kempers

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All stylew we are adding inline, how this problem can be solved ?? – gkd Nov 19 '14 at 07:02

Links in email turn blue when email is forwarded

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