Valid CSS options for max-width

I'm using the max-width in IE in my site - specifically I'm using it to set the minimum height of certain elements. Now that it has become a key part of my design, I realized that it generates errors in the W3 validator.

Does anyone know a valid way to use the min-height that will work with IE?

I'm sure you could use JavaScript as a work-around if that's an acceptable solution.

I hate to admit, but I do not have a strong understanding of JavaScript. I've also tried the IE7 stylesheet from http://dean.edwards.name/IE7/ but it seemed to break my fairly complicated CSS design. I was very disapointed when I realized the max-width in IE trick doesn't pass the validator, but I guess it's not the end of the world. It's a real bummer after working so hard to keep it valid.

I know what you mean. M$'s borked things up so much that it's nearly impossible to design a site purely with CSS that actually validates. You have to use so many different work-arounds to handle all the quirks.

What exactly are you using that isn't valid?

It's a technique described on this page http://www.svendtofte.com/code/max_width_in_ie/

This example of the min-height in IE is exactly the code I'm using that will not validate: http://www.svendtofte.com/code/max_..._minheight.html

Just try to run that last page through the CSS Validator and you can see the error it comes up with.
http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/..._minheight.html

Other than this, my entire corporate site validates as XHTML 1.1 Strict with a 3-column CSS-based layout.