HTML邮件中替代table背景图的无div方案（适配Outlook旧版本）

Absolutely, you can fix this with a pure table-based approach that works for Outlook 2007-2016 (powered by the Word rendering engine) and all other email clients. The trick is using VML (Vector Markup Language) specifically for Outlook, while keeping standard CSS background images for modern clients—all without a single div in sight.

How this works: #

• Outlook 2007+ ignores background-image in CSS for tables, but it supports VML for background visuals. We wrap the VML code in Outlook-only conditional comments so only those clients render it.
• For every other email client, the standard background-image CSS on the table will handle the background as expected.
• All your content stays nested in table cells, so you keep the rock-solid compatibility tables provide for emails.

Updated Pure Table Code: #

<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width:692px; background-image: url(https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3055391/Inbound/CPD%202017/Email/Newsletter%20%20-%20Customers/header-image.png); background-size: cover; background-position: center;" width="692" height="400">
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td valign="top" align="center" style="font-family:'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;padding:25px 28px;">
        <!--[if mso]>
        <v:rect xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" fill="true" stroke="false" style="width:692px;height:400px;">
          <v:fill type="tile" src="https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3055391/Inbound/CPD%202017/Email/Newsletter%20%20-%20Customers/header-image.png" color="#ffffff" />
          <v:textbox inset="0,0,0,0">
        <![endif]-->
        <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tbody>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" style="font-family:'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">
                <a href="#" target="_blank">
                  <img alt="LOGO" src="#" style="display:block;border:0px; font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#ffffff">
                </a>
              </td>
              <!-- SOCIAL ICONS -->
              <td style="text-align: right;">
                <!--YouTube -->
                <a href="#"><img src="https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3055391/Inbound/CPD%202017/Email/Newsletter%20%20-%20Customers/youtube-icon.png" style="display:block;border:0; margin-left:8px;"></a>
                <!--Twitter -->
                <a href="#"><img src="https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3055391/Inbound/CPD%202017/Email/Newsletter%20%20-%20Customers/twitter-icon.png" style="display:block;border:0; margin-left:8px;"></a>
                <!--LinkedIn -->
                <a href="#"><img src="https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3055391/Inbound/CPD%202017/Email/Newsletter%20%20-%20Customers/linkedin-icon.png" style="display:block;border:0; margin-left:8px;"></a>
                <a href="#"><img src="https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3055391/Inbound/CPD%202017/Email/Newsletter%20%20-%20Customers/facebook-icon.png" style="display:block;border:0; margin-left:8px;"></a>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <!----------------->
            <!-- HEADER TEXT -->
            <!----------------->
            <tr>
              <td colspan="2" style="padding-top:40px;">
                <!-- PADDING-->
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td colspan="2" style="height: 100px; color: #fff; font-family:'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center; font-size: 26px; padding-bottom: 10px; text-transform: uppercase;">
                TEXT<br> HERE
              </td>
            </tr>
          </tbody>
        </table>
        <!--[if mso]>
          </v:textbox>
        </v:rect>
        <![endif]-->
      </td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

Quick Breakdown of Key Changes: #

• The VML block is wrapped in <!--[if mso]> and <![endif]--> so only Outlook processes it. The v:rect matches your table's exact dimensions, and v:fill loads your background image.
• For non-Outlook clients, I added background-size: cover and background-position: center to the table's style to ensure the background scales properly.
• I updated the social icons with display:block;border:0 and left margins to fix common spacing glitches in email clients.
• Every piece of content is still inside table elements—no divs were harmed in the making of this solution.

内容的提问来源于stack exchange，提问作者Freddy