Outlook HTML Signature, Background Images Not Displaying

jeremyweisser · Nov 7, 2006

Hello,

I am trying to create a company wide HTML signature for my firm. I have started with my own signature, which is exactly as I want it to appear. I have included the source below:

"<html>

<head>
<title>Jeremy Weisser</title>
</head>

<body>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="327">
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">

Best Regards,
 
Jeremy Weisser


<img border="0" src="

http://www.sailtd.com/files/jmw/bcard/signature.jpg"

width="153" height="48">



</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="327" height="197" id="table4">
<tr>
<td background="

http://www.sailtd.com/files/jmw/bcard/blank.jpg"

align="left" valign="bottom">
<table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="15" cellpadding="0" id="table5">
<tr>
<td height="22">
641 Lexington Ave
 
22nd Floor
 
New York, NY 10022
 
Phone: (212) 688-2890
 
Fax: (212) 688-1327

</td>
<td height="22"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">

<a title="E-Mail me..." style="color: #0053A0" href="mailto:dummyemail@domain.com">dummyemail@domain.com</a> 
<a title="Visit our website..." target="_blank" style="color: #0053A0" href="

http://www.sailtd.com">http://www.sailtd.com</a><font

face="Tahoma"> 
 


<a style="color: #808080; text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700" title="Download this information to your address book..." href="

http://www.sailtd.com/files/jmw/bcard/JWeisser.vcf">Download

vCard</a> 


</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">

JEREMY M. WEISSER


 
Director of Operations
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>

</body>

</html>"

When I open the file in IE or FF the page displays without issue. It also displays in GroupWise, GMAIL, Outlook Web Access and Yahoo Mail. For some reason however it does not display the background image when opened in the Outlook 2003 or 2007 client.

I have tried a number of different things but for some reason Outlook does not like the "background" attribute I am using. Can anyone confirm whehter Outlook supports the "background" attribute?

If not are there any ways around this obstacle?

My signature is a business card, with my logo and contact info in text so that it can be copy/pasted. Otherwise I would have just created a image with all the info.

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

- Jeremy

sawedoff · Nov 8, 2006

I dont know the answer but if I were you, i'd remove the link to your signature immediately. (Identity theft is much easier if the signature is available.)

Sawedoff

cmeagan656 · Nov 8, 2006

GroupWise, GMAIL, Outlook Web Access and Yahoo Mail are all HTML based email programs in their default configuration.

In OL2K3 do you have the checkbox next to "read all standard email in plain text" checked? If so, uncheck it and test again.

If any recipient is using OL2K3 or OL2K7 and have this option checked then I don't believe that they will not see the background. There is nothing you can do about that as it is a user preference.

Cheers.

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Outlook HTML Signature, Background Images Not Displaying

jeremyweisser

IS-IT--Management

sawedoff

MIS

cmeagan656

Technical User

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