diff --git a/skins/default/mail.css b/skins/default/mail.css
index 79f0d4d3a..ca034bd69 100644
--- a/skins/default/mail.css
+++ b/skins/default/mail.css
@@ -617,6 +617,21 @@ html>body*input[type$="file"]:not([class="none"]) { background-color: transparen
 
 
 #messageframe
+{
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 0px;
+  left: 170px;
+  right: 0px;
+  bottom: 0px;
+  border: 1px solid #999;
+  background-color: #FFF;
+  overflow: auto;
+  /* css hack for IE */
+  width: expression((parseInt(document.documentElement.clientWidth)-220)+'px');
+  height: expression((parseInt(document.documentElement.clientHeight)-125)+'px');
+}
+
+#printmessageframe
 {
   position: absolute;
   top: 0px;
diff --git a/skins/default/templates/printmessage.html b/skins/default/templates/printmessage.html
index eecff69fb..17ea7bf5a 100644
--- a/skins/default/templates/printmessage.html
+++ b/skins/default/templates/printmessage.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 <div id="header"><img src="/images/roundcube_logo_print.gif" alt="<roundcube:object name="productname" />" /></div>
 
-<div id="messageframe">
+<div id="printmessageframe">
 <roundcube:object name="messageHeaders" class="headers-table" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" />
 <roundcube:object name="messageAttachments" id="attachment-list" />
 <roundcube:object name="messageBody" id="messagebody" showImages="false" />