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3387360 - Color Gradient Appears Blank in Campaign Email Sent via Outlook

Symptom

The user has designed an HTML Email Template for Sales Campaigns, featuring a template header with a Color Gradient. However, when the Test Email is sent via Outlook, the template header appears blank.

Environment

SAP Cloud for Customer

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Sales Campaigns Workcenter
  2. Go to Contents view
  3. Open Campaign ABC with Color Gradient (Where ABC refer to the Campaign Name)
  4. Navigate to Actions
  5. Select the option Send Test Email
  6. Enter your E-mail ID 
  7. Select Send

Now verify in Outlook and observe the template header is blank.

Cause

When the Test Email is sent via Outlook, the template header appears blank as Color Gradients are not supported.

Resolution

Outlook for Windows does not support CSS color gradients.

Keywords

Campaign Email, HTML Email Template, Sales Campaign, Color Gradients, Outlook, Windows , KBA , AP-RC-OUT , Output Management , Problem

Product

SAP Cloud for Customer core applications all versions