Can't Get Table Background to show when "E-Mailing" Page

[chriss]

When I view my published website the background picture (in my table) is visible...However, I am emailing the "page" and the background picture is not visible (it just appears grey).

What I am sending are usually marketing pieces or announcements of some kind and we prefer to send these via email as html "page" versus a link because it's instant gratification (of course it's just another way or "view" of a web page where all the links within the body
of the email work).

Does anyone have any ideas of how I can correct my web page or send a web page (or view of it) where the background will show
correctly?

I tried making the background image an absolute reference but it didn't change correct my problem.

[Corey Bryant]

You might consider using an absolute link for the background in the table instead to see if that works.

[chriss]

Corey,

I tried that but, still doesn't want to work for me - any thing you see here I might be doing wrong?

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<table border="3" cellspacing="1" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#000000" width="803" height="931" id="AutoNumber1" cellpadding="0" bordercolorlight="#000000" background= http://www.jdfassoc.com/Advertisemen...etal_Plate.gif bgcolor="#C0C0C0">
    <tr>
      <td width="799" bordercolor="#C0C0C0" bordercolorlight="#000000" colspan="3" bordercolordark="#000000" bgcolor="#000000">
      <p align="center">
  <img border="0" src="Images/about.jpg" width="817" height="93"></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="799" height="22" b:?:

[Corey Bryant]

The background colors might be overwriting the background.

[karinne]

Oh my ... that code is full of deprecated attributes!

Maybe this will help - A Guide to CSS Support in Email: 2007 Edition

[moojoo]

background= http://www.jdfassoc.com/Advertisemen...etal_Plate.gif

to background="http://www.jdfassoc.com/Advertisemen...etal_Plate.gif"

Also, if you are sending an email

<img border="0" src="Images/about.jpg" width="817" height="93"></td>

needs to have a full path.