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Asked: 2026-05-22T00:39:19+00:00

I am creating and sending HTML e-mails. I’m using markup like <table style=background: url(‘http://example.com/App_Sprites/image.gif’);>

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I am creating and sending HTML e-mails.

I’m using markup like

<table style="background: url('http://example.com/App_Sprites/image.gif');>

However, the images do not appear when I download messages containing this sort of markup from an e-mail client. When I do things like

<img src="http://example.com/App_Sprites/image.gif" />

the images download fine.

I need the image to be a background because I need to show some text over it. Can I use the image tag and position the text over it somehow? Or should using the background image actually be working, and something else may be wrong?

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  1. Editorial Team

    The background property works on some email clients use this as a reference. This is very useful.

    I would avoid using background images and stick to solid colors, the reason why is because not all email clients are going to have this feature and capability to see the background image.

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