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Mismatched message pane backgrounds - how to fix?

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I was able to change some of my message pane background by adding the following to the userContent.css file:

/* Thunderbird userContent.css */

@-moz-document url-prefix("imap:"),url-prefix("mailbox:"),url-prefix("news:") {

 body {
   background-color: #404552 !important;
 }

} @-moz-document url-prefix("about:blank?compose") {

 body {
   background-color: #404552 !important;
 }

}

I also tried adding the following to my userChrome.css file: /* Message pane */

  1. msgHeaderView {
 background-color: #404552 !important;

}

  1. messagePane {
 background-color: #404552 !important;

}

Why do I still get these two dark gray areas (see attached)? What css do I need to add to get them to be the lighter grey?

I was able to change some of my message pane background by adding the following to the userContent.css file: /* Thunderbird userContent.css */ @-moz-document url-prefix("imap:"),url-prefix("mailbox:"),url-prefix("news:") { body { background-color: #404552 !important; } } @-moz-document url-prefix("about:blank?compose") { body { background-color: #404552 !important; } } I also tried adding the following to my userChrome.css file: /* Message pane */ #msgHeaderView { background-color: #404552 !important; } #messagePane { background-color: #404552 !important; } Why do I still get these two dark gray areas (see attached)? What css do I need to add to get them to be the lighter grey?
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You probably want your senders to stop specifying a background colour!