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Background won't show in some emails

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by yousaidit2003

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Hi. I've tried everything I can think of to get the background of my email designs to show -- but no success. When I design them in Outlook, then send to Yahoo, they show up fine. But no way in Hotmail. I see only the graphics that I embedded, added, stuck on/into the email. But the background color that I add in Word or FrontPage doesn't show. All I see is a white background. Anybody know what to do? Thanks.

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by apotheon

Frankly, you shouldn't be sending HTML emails at all, anyway. Plain text is the only safe kind of email. People can't see the backgrounds and other nonsense you're putting into your emails when those emails are viewed as text only, and using an email client that renders HTML is a great way to get your system infected and attract spam.

by computercookie

Are you creating a template?

Sending email loaded with a lot of rubbish will obviously cause lots of problems.

1. By default settings some email programs will not allow the the backgroud to be displayed so it is a waste of time!

2. Depending on the recipient, they will mot allow the back groud to be displayed as it may interpret the background as an attachment that is not acceptable.

3. Some firewalls will interpret the background as an attachment and subsequently bounce it.

4,5,6,

it goes on, why don't you stick with text?

by yousaidit2003

To both replies, I don't use "nonsense" or "rubbish". But I am trying to send colorful and creative emails. I've been viewing some of the email newsletters I get and I see how colorful they are, and I like them. I may do the same. For now I'm sending business cards in emails and using a colorful page background because I want to use white text in the email. How do I do this? Are you telling me that all this can be done in "Text"?

by thumbsup2

What they're trying to tell you is that what you're sending MAY not be able to be seen by other people. All they'll see is HTML code or a file attachment which causes many email programs (on the receiving end) to classify your email as SPAM or even possibly infected.

Hotmail, for one, will not allow display of background images due to security risks. Yahoo might, but that's a different server. Gmail might, I haven't looked. Outlook Express (an email client) will block them. So, you're limiting your audience to ONLY those people using Outlook (and ONLY if they have their security settings set to low) by using background images and especially those in an email created with Word or Frontpage.

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