I used CSS in my email and sent it out.
When I received the email in Gmail, all the CSS was disabled; however, when I retrieved the email in thunderbird or outlook,
Tags have worked for me, I did have an issue where all my CSS was not working because I missed a ; It was a tedious process but I eventually found it.
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At this link #9 from here gave me the initial hint that it may be due to an individual line of CSS.