Same page link within email

Question

I swear I had this working last week, but... Does anyone know how to get same-page hrefs working within an email? I'm using this format;

<a href="#targetelement">quicklink</a>

...

<div id="targetelement">Hello there</div>

Which works in a standard webpage naturally, but it doesn't do anything when viewed in an email client (tested in Thunderbird and Gmail so far). Is same-page linking even possible within an email? If not, are there alternative methods?

UPDATE:
Using an id actually does work in Thunderbird, unless the email has been forwarded, then it stops working. id doesn't work in Gmail, name doesn't work in either.

Answer 1

Try this now. :)

<a href="#targetelement">quicklink</a>

...

<a name="targetelement">Hello there</a>

Answer 2

That would wholly depend on the mail client (desktop or web based), different clients use different rulesets and engines for parsing and displaying email so there is no definitive answer.

Answer 3

Why not try

<a href="#targetelement">quicklink</a>

...

<a name="targetelement" id="targetelement">Hello there</a>

In the same link, not nice - but might get it to work in several clients.