in HTML view i enter the following:

 

<table style="background:http://www.someURL.com/folder/otherfolder/image.jpg"> 

 

switch to normal view and my image doesn't show...switch back to HTML view and it's replaced my URL with the following:

 

<table style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%">

 

 

any ideas what causes this? 

Please try the following code:

 

background: url(http://www.someURL.com/folder/otherfolder/image.jpg) no-repeat top