Hi Eliza,

sounds more like an approval process than testing. We blast emails to a set of test account email addresses and a QA Analyst meticulously goes through a pre-defined and client approved list of devices, platforms, OS etc. checking content and rendering and reporting issues. They also check links and validate code. There may be a few rounds of fixes before they approve the mailing for sending to the team/agency/client for approval. This process can indeed create bottlenecks and on fairly simple emails, take longer than the development time but it ensures we are sending out quality emails ;)

I would try removing the img reset style and also you have height="100%" on some TDs.

I had a similar thing with Taylor Swift! Seems certain key words are so "important/relevant" that the email client decides that the user is interested in going where it wants them to and not where the sender does!

I insert the zero-width non-joiner into troublesome words and this removes the auto-links.

I'm hoping that unless Gmail's interpretation of media queries differs from the native apps, I won't need to change the way I code emails, just that mobile gmail app users will get a better experience :)