diff --git a/phpgwapi/inc/class.egw_htmLawed.inc.php b/phpgwapi/inc/class.egw_htmLawed.inc.php
index 95a161b479..5eccf7af81 100644
--- a/phpgwapi/inc/class.egw_htmLawed.inc.php
+++ b/phpgwapi/inc/class.egw_htmLawed.inc.php
@@ -127,6 +127,19 @@ function hl_my_tag_transform($element, $attribute_array=0)
 	}
 
 	//if ($element=='img') error_log(__METHOD__.__LINE__." ".$element.'->'.array2string($attribute_array));
+	if ($element=='td' && isset($attribute_array['background']))
+	{
+		if (stripos($attribute_array['background'],$GLOBALS['egw']->link('/index.php'))!==false)
+		{
+			//error_log(__METHOD__.__LINE__.array2string($attribute_array));
+			//$attribute_array['background'] = 'url('.$attribute_array['background'].');';
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			// $attribute_array['background']='denied:'.$attribute_array['background'];
+			unset($attribute_array['background']);// only cid style background images are allowed
+		}
+	}
 	// Elements other than 'img' or 'img' without a 'img' attribute are returned unchanged
 	if($element == 'img')
 	{
@@ -227,6 +240,19 @@ function hl_email_tag_transform($element, $attribute_array=0)
 	}
 
 	//if ($element=='a') error_log(__METHOD__.__LINE__." ".$element.'->'.array2string($attribute_array));
+	if ($element=='td' && isset($attribute_array['background']))
+	{
+		if (stripos($attribute_array['background'],'cid:')!==false)
+		{
+			//error_log(__METHOD__.__LINE__.array2string($attribute_array));
+			//$attribute_array['background'] = 'url('.$attribute_array['background'].');';
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			// $attribute_array['background']='denied:'.$attribute_array['background'];
+			unset($attribute_array['background']);// only cid style background images are allowed
+		}
+	}
 	// Elements other than 'img' or 'img' without a 'img' attribute are returned unchanged
 	if($element == 'img')
 	{
diff --git a/phpgwapi/inc/htmLawed/htmLawed.php b/phpgwapi/inc/htmLawed/htmLawed.php
index 99ea4ee0e3..781718bb75 100644
--- a/phpgwapi/inc/htmLawed/htmLawed.php
+++ b/phpgwapi/inc/htmLawed/htmLawed.php
@@ -443,6 +443,7 @@ if(!empty($m[1])){
 
 // open tag & attr
 static $aN = array('abbr'=>array('td'=>1, 'th'=>1), 'accept-charset'=>array('form'=>1), 'accept'=>array('form'=>1, 'input'=>1), 'accesskey'=>array('a'=>1, 'area'=>1, 'button'=>1, 'input'=>1, 'label'=>1, 'legend'=>1, 'textarea'=>1), 'action'=>array('form'=>1), 'align'=>array('caption'=>1, 'embed'=>1, 'applet'=>1, 'iframe'=>1, 'img'=>1, 'input'=>1, 'object'=>1, 'legend'=>1, 'table'=>1, 'hr'=>1, 'div'=>1, 'h1'=>1, 'h2'=>1, 'h3'=>1, 'h4'=>1, 'h5'=>1, 'h6'=>1, 'p'=>1, 'col'=>1, 'colgroup'=>1, 'tbody'=>1, 'td'=>1, 'tfoot'=>1, 'th'=>1, 'thead'=>1, 'tr'=>1), 'alt'=>array('applet'=>1, 'area'=>1, 'img'=>1, 'input'=>1), 'archive'=>array('applet'=>1, 'object'=>1), 'axis'=>array('td'=>1, 'th'=>1), 'bgcolor'=>array('embed'=>1, 'table'=>1, 'tr'=>1, 'td'=>1, 'th'=>1), 'border'=>array('table'=>1, 'img'=>1, 'object'=>1), 'bordercolor'=>array('table'=>1, 'td'=>1, 'tr'=>1), 'cellpadding'=>array('table'=>1), 'cellspacing'=>array('table'=>1), 'char'=>array('col'=>1, 'colgroup'=>1, 'tbody'=>1, 'td'=>1, 'tfoot'=>1, 'th'=>1, 'thead'=>1, 'tr'=>1), 'charoff'=>array('col'=>1, 'colgroup'=>1, 'tbody'=>1, 'td'=>1, 'tfoot'=>1, 'th'=>1, 'thead'=>1, 'tr'=>1), 'charset'=>array('a'=>1, 'script'=>1), 'checked'=>array('input'=>1), 'cite'=>array('blockquote'=>1, 'q'=>1, 'del'=>1, 'ins'=>1), 'classid'=>array('object'=>1), 'clear'=>array('br'=>1), 'code'=>array('applet'=>1), 'codebase'=>array('object'=>1, 'applet'=>1), 'codetype'=>array('object'=>1), 'color'=>array('font'=>1), 'cols'=>array('textarea'=>1), 'colspan'=>array('td'=>1, 'th'=>1), 'compact'=>array('dir'=>1, 'dl'=>1, 'menu'=>1, 'ol'=>1, 'ul'=>1), 'coords'=>array('area'=>1, 'a'=>1), 'data'=>array('object'=>1), 'datetime'=>array('del'=>1, 'ins'=>1), 'declare'=>array('object'=>1), 'defer'=>array('script'=>1), 'dir'=>array('bdo'=>1), 'disabled'=>array('button'=>1, 'input'=>1, 'optgroup'=>1, 'option'=>1, 'select'=>1, 'textarea'=>1), 'enctype'=>array('form'=>1), 'face'=>array('font'=>1), 'flashvars'=>array('embed'=>1), 'for'=>array('label'=>1), 'frame'=>array('table'=>1), 'frameborder'=>array('iframe'=>1), 'headers'=>array('td'=>1, 'th'=>1), 'height'=>array('embed'=>1, 'iframe'=>1, 'td'=>1, 'th'=>1, 'img'=>1, 'object'=>1, 'applet'=>1), 'href'=>array('a'=>1, 'area'=>1), 'hreflang'=>array('a'=>1), 'hspace'=>array('applet'=>1, 'img'=>1, 'object'=>1), 'ismap'=>array('img'=>1, 'input'=>1), 'label'=>array('option'=>1, 'optgroup'=>1), 'language'=>array('script'=>1), 'longdesc'=>array('img'=>1, 'iframe'=>1), 'marginheight'=>array('iframe'=>1), 'marginwidth'=>array('iframe'=>1), 'maxlength'=>array('input'=>1), 'method'=>array('form'=>1), 'model'=>array('embed'=>1), 'multiple'=>array('select'=>1), 'name'=>array('button'=>1, 'embed'=>1, 'textarea'=>1, 'applet'=>1, 'select'=>1, 'form'=>1, 'iframe'=>1, 'img'=>1, 'a'=>1, 'input'=>1, 'object'=>1, 'map'=>1, 'param'=>1), 'nohref'=>array('area'=>1), 'noshade'=>array('hr'=>1), 'nowrap'=>array('td'=>1, 'th'=>1), 'object'=>array('applet'=>1), 'onblur'=>array('a'=>1, 'area'=>1, 'button'=>1, 'input'=>1, 'label'=>1, 'select'=>1, 'textarea'=>1), 'onchange'=>array('input'=>1, 'select'=>1, 'textarea'=>1), 'onfocus'=>array('a'=>1, 'area'=>1, 'button'=>1, 'input'=>1, 'label'=>1, 'select'=>1, 'textarea'=>1), 'onreset'=>array('form'=>1), 'onselect'=>array('input'=>1, 'textarea'=>1), 'onsubmit'=>array('form'=>1), 'pluginspage'=>array('embed'=>1), 'pluginurl'=>array('embed'=>1), 'prompt'=>array('isindex'=>1), 'readonly'=>array('textarea'=>1, 'input'=>1), 'rel'=>array('a'=>1), 'rev'=>array('a'=>1), 'rows'=>array('textarea'=>1), 'rowspan'=>array('td'=>1, 'th'=>1), 'rules'=>array('table'=>1), 'scope'=>array('td'=>1, 'th'=>1), 'scrolling'=>array('iframe'=>1), 'selected'=>array('option'=>1), 'shape'=>array('area'=>1, 'a'=>1), 'size'=>array('hr'=>1, 'font'=>1, 'input'=>1, 'select'=>1), 'span'=>array('col'=>1, 'colgroup'=>1), 'src'=>array('embed'=>1, 'script'=>1, 'input'=>1, 'iframe'=>1, 'img'=>1), 'standby'=>array('object'=>1), 'start'=>array('ol'=>1), 'summary'=>array('table'=>1), 'tabindex'=>array('a'=>1, 'area'=>1, 'button'=>1, 'input'=>1, 'object'=>1, 'select'=>1, 'textarea'=>1), 'target'=>array('a'=>1, 'area'=>1, 'form'=>1), 'type'=>array('a'=>1, 'embed'=>1, 'object'=>1, 'param'=>1, 'script'=>1, 'input'=>1, 'li'=>1, 'ol'=>1, 'ul'=>1, 'button'=>1), 'usemap'=>array('img'=>1, 'input'=>1, 'object'=>1), 'valign'=>array('col'=>1, 'colgroup'=>1, 'tbody'=>1, 'td'=>1, 'tfoot'=>1, 'th'=>1, 'thead'=>1, 'tr'=>1), 'value'=>array('input'=>1, 'option'=>1, 'param'=>1, 'button'=>1, 'li'=>1), 'valuetype'=>array('param'=>1), 'vspace'=>array('applet'=>1, 'img'=>1, 'object'=>1), 'width'=>array('embed'=>1, 'hr'=>1, 'iframe'=>1, 'img'=>1, 'object'=>1, 'table'=>1, 'td'=>1, 'th'=>1, 'applet'=>1, 'col'=>1, 'colgroup'=>1, 'pre'=>1), 'wmode'=>array('embed'=>1), 'xml:space'=>array('pre'=>1, 'script'=>1, 'style'=>1)); // Ele-specific
+$aN['background']=(isset($aN['background'])?array_merge($aN['background'],array('td'=>1)):array('td'=>1));//allow attribute background for (additional) elements, its not allowed by HTML Standards exept for body, but used anyway; one should check for the url to be allowed by application means
 static $aNE = array('checked'=>1, 'compact'=>1, 'declare'=>1, 'defer'=>1, 'disabled'=>1, 'ismap'=>1, 'multiple'=>1, 'nohref'=>1, 'noresize'=>1, 'noshade'=>1, 'nowrap'=>1, 'readonly'=>1, 'selected'=>1); // Empty
 static $aNP = array('action'=>1, 'cite'=>1, 'classid'=>1, 'codebase'=>1, 'data'=>1, 'href'=>1, 'longdesc'=>1, 'model'=>1, 'pluginspage'=>1, 'pluginurl'=>1, 'usemap'=>1); // Need scheme check; excludes style, on* & src
 static $aNU = array('class'=>array('param'=>1, 'script'=>1), 'dir'=>array('applet'=>1, 'bdo'=>1, 'br'=>1, 'iframe'=>1, 'param'=>1, 'script'=>1), 'id'=>array('script'=>1), 'lang'=>array('applet'=>1, 'br'=>1, 'iframe'=>1, 'param'=>1, 'script'=>1), 'xml:lang'=>array('applet'=>1, 'br'=>1, 'iframe'=>1, 'param'=>1, 'script'=>1), 'onclick'=>array('applet'=>1, 'bdo'=>1, 'br'=>1, 'font'=>1, 'iframe'=>1, 'isindex'=>1, 'param'=>1, 'script'=>1), 'ondblclick'=>array('applet'=>1, 'bdo'=>1, 'br'=>1, 'font'=>1, 'iframe'=>1, 'isindex'=>1, 'param'=>1, 'script'=>1), 'onkeydown'=>array('applet'=>1, 'bdo'=>1, 'br'=>1, 'font'=>1, 'iframe'=>1, 'isindex'=>1, 'param'=>1, 'script'=>1), 'onkeypress'=>array('applet'=>1, 'bdo'=>1, 'br'=>1, 'font'=>1, 'iframe'=>1, 'isindex'=>1, 'param'=>1, 'script'=>1), 'onkeyup'=>array('applet'=>1, 'bdo'=>1, 'br'=>1, 'font'=>1, 'iframe'=>1, 'isindex'=>1, 'param'=>1, 'script'=>1), 'onmousedown'=>array('applet'=>1, 'bdo'=>1, 'br'=>1, 'font'=>1, 'iframe'=>1, 'isindex'=>1, 'param'=>1, 'script'=>1), 'onmousemove'=>array('applet'=>1, 'bdo'=>1, 'br'=>1, 'font'=>1, 'iframe'=>1, 'isindex'=>1, 'param'=>1, 'script'=>1), 'onmouseout'=>array('applet'=>1, 'bdo'=>1, 'br'=>1, 'font'=>1, 'iframe'=>1, 'isindex'=>1, 'param'=>1, 'script'=>1), 'onmouseover'=>array('applet'=>1, 'bdo'=>1, 'br'=>1, 'font'=>1, 'iframe'=>1, 'isindex'=>1, 'param'=>1, 'script'=>1), 'onmouseup'=>array('applet'=>1, 'bdo'=>1, 'br'=>1, 'font'=>1, 'iframe'=>1, 'isindex'=>1, 'param'=>1, 'script'=>1), 'style'=>array('param'=>1, 'script'=>1), 'title'=>array('param'=>1, 'script'=>1)); // Univ & exceptions