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Black email background

kate14
kate14
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Some email I receive, when opened, have a black background with no clearly visible text. If text area is highlighted it appears to be blue in colour.

Some email I receive, when opened, have a black background with no clearly visible text. If text area is highlighted it appears to be blue in colour.
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День сумо
День сумо
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Hello there kate14 We have read your message We try to help you


On your laptop?

Do you have AppMenu/View/Message Body As set to Original HTML, and "Allow content to choose its own colors" checked in

AppMenu/Options/Options/Display/Formatting/Colors?


http://kb.mozillazine.org/Filters_%28Thunderbird%29 http://kb.mozillazine.org/Global_Inbox


Greetings Firefox Volunteer.

Modified by День сумо

День сумо
День сумо
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Hello there again.

Other options are Change background color of messages



For Mac:/ Set up a default for all new messages you write: MAC: 'Thunderbird' > 'Preferences' > 'Composition' > 'General' tab uncheck 'Use Reader's default colours' Then select the Text colour and background colour by clicking on the square colour icons and choosing a colour. click on OK



This is for Win to a same use as above- Tools/Options/Composition/General/HTML. Press Alt if the Menu Bar with Tools is hidden.-


Greetings Firefox Volunteer.

Modified by День сумо