Markdown to Email-Safe HTML
Most markdown-to-HTML converters produce CSS that breaks in Outlook desktop. This one produces table-based, inline-styled, Outlook-tested HTML.
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="padding:24px;"> <h1 style='margin:0 0 12px 0; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:22px; color:#111;'>Hi Sam</h1> <p style='margin:0 0 14px 0; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:1.5; color:#222;'>Thanks for the demo last week. Quick recap:</p> <ul style='margin:0 0 16px 0; padding-left:20px; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; color:#222;'> <li style='margin-bottom:4px;'>We use Outsolvi for open and click tracking</li> <li style='margin-bottom:4px;'>Every open graded, with a reason</li> <li style='margin-bottom:4px;'>Native Outlook + Gmail</li> </ul> <p style='margin:0 0 14px 0; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:1.5; color:#222;'>Grab a time: <a href='https://cal.com/you/15min' style='color:#2563eb; text-decoration:underline;'>pick a slot</a></p> </td></tr></table>
Done. When the email goes out, see what happens to it.
Outsolvi tracks email after you hit send: opens graded as a person or a machine, link clicks, and replies, in Outlook and Gmail. From $7/user/mo billed yearly, 14-day free trial, no credit card.
Track your next sendParses CommonMark markdown. Renders to HTML with all styles inlined (no <style> blocks. Outlook ignores them). Uses tables for layout where divs would fail. Preserves links and images.
Authoring transactional or newsletter emails in markdown for legibility, then converting at send time. Lets you keep editable markdown source while shipping email-safe HTML.
FAQ
Why are tables required for email layout?+
Outlook desktop (Word rendering engine) doesn't fully support CSS flexbox, grid, or div-based layout. Tables remain the only universally-supported layout primitive across all major email clients.
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Nate built Outsolvi after watching every email-tracking tool he had ever used lie to him about opens. Outsolvi grades every open as a person or a machine, in Outlook and Gmail, so the number on the dashboard is one a rep can actually act on.
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