Outlook 2003- Background color

[Dawn12345]

Im having alot of trouble. Evertime time I try to create a email flyer with a
background color it doesnt work. I can see it when I send it but when the
recipients get the email its the plain white background. Ive been working on
it for hours...HELP..PLEASE Dawn

 

[VanguardLH]

Im having alot of trouble. Evertime time I try to create a email
flyer with a
background color it doesnt work. I can see it when I send it but
when the
recipients get the email its the plain white background. Ive been
working on
it for hours...HELP..PLEASE Dawn

So how does it look when you send a copy to yourself?
Are you sending in HTML format?
Are your recipients forcing all e-mails to be read as plain-text?

Remember that you are making your recipients waste lots of ink if they
print out your flyer. Not very polite.