Well, if you want to apply a gradient to the whole page then you just put this in the body. Just change the start and finish colors.
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<body style="filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Gradient(endColorstr='#eeeeee', startColorstr='#FFFFFF', gradientType='0');">
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If you just want to apply this to a table or div, then do this.
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<div style="filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Gradient(endColorstr='#C0CFE2', startColorstr='#FFFFFF', gradientType='0');">
blah blah blah</div>
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