Body Background Images In Outlook '07

We all know that background images don't display with Outlook 2007 -- which consequently sent designing HTML emails back 5 years or so. Well low and behold, that's not the case anymore.

The incredibly talented and resourceful blokes at Campaign Monitor recently stumbled upon a bit of CSS that can remedy one instance of blocked background images; specifically for the body. The effective CSS is below:

background-image: url('http://www.abcwidgets.com/bg.jpg');
background-repeat: repeat-y no-repeat;
background-position: top center;
background-color: #d9c092;

The key to the code above that seems to please Outlook 2007 is the 'repeat' property. Evidently with BOTH repeat-y and no-repeat, the background image shows up.

Try it for yourself and comment below!

But until somebody stumbles upon a way to make background images display in divs or tables, you can find me in the corner resenting Microsoft.