Hi,
Actually I've used td background-image property in table but it is not working in outlook. So let me whether any other option to set background-image of td which will comfortable with outlook. If possible, please paste the code.
Thanks in advance!
CSS background-image property not working in MS Outlook
Ask by Anonymous User
Updated 15 May 2026
Hi Tanuj Kumar,
Microsoft Outlook does not support css background-image property due to security point of view. To use background-image property in your html code you have to use VML code like as follows:
//----------------------------------------------------------Start VMLCode-------------------------------------------------------------//
<td>
<!--[if gte mso 9]>
<v:image xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" id="theImageTop" style='behavior: url(#default#VML); display:inline-block; position:absolute; height:131px; width:813px; top:0; left:0; right:0; bottom:0; border:0; z-index:1;' src="http://www.mindstick.com/newsletter/headerimg.png"/>
<v:shape xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" id="theTextTop" style='behavior: url(#default#VML); position:absolute; display:inline-block; height:131px; width:700px; border:0; z-index:2;'>
<![endif]-->
<p> Your text here which you want to show on backgroung image. You can use here html tag too</p>
<!--[if gte mso 9]>
</v:shape>
<![endif]-->
</td>
//-------------------------------------------------------------End VML Code-----------------------------------------------------------//
For more details on this topic you can check this link:
http://mindstick.com/Blog/325/CSS%20background%20image%20property%20not%20working%20in%20Outlook
I hope it might be resolve your problem.