How to Fix Gmail's "[Message Clipped]" Email Issue

Gmail has a feature designed to save bandwidth on mobile devices. If a Gmail HTML email file is too small in file size (generally under 102KB) or lacks sufficient horizontal content width, Gmail will "clip" the message.

The user sees the first half of your email, followed by a link at the bottom that says: "[Message Clipped] View entire message". This is disastrous because it cuts off the footer containing the Unsubscribe link and analytics tracking pixels.

HTML

<div class="gmail-fix" style="display: none; white-space: nowrap; font: 15px courier; line-height: 0;">
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
</div>
</body>

• The "Payload" ( ): The div contains a long string of non-breaking spaces. They add physical "byte weight" to the html email templates to push it near the 102KB threshold, and they force the rendering engine to acknowledge a minimum width for the document, acting as an invisible "kickstand" to prevent layout collapse on mobile.
• display: none;: Ensures this ugly string of spaces remains invisible to the human recipient.
• white-space: nowrap;: Forces the spaces to stay in a single long line rather than wrapping, maximizing their horizontal forcing effect.