
Why is my email typed in black showing in yellow when recipient recieves.
I write my email in default black. When two of my friends open them they are in yellow? Is this a change Thunderbird is making by picking up a color I used on graphics?
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I could take a look at the email you sent to your friend and check the source code. Send the same email to me - locate email in your sent folder. right click and select 'Edit as new message' to open in a Write message window. If you feel this is ok - email me: mail at anje dot co dot uk note: I do not usually respond to any TB communication via that email address, but for the purposes of checking the source code and not posting anything sensitive in the forum, it is the only alternative. I'll not be offended if you decline.
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If you set your default font colour to black, then all text in messages received and messages you write will appear to you in black. If you set the option to use other font colours, then if the sender specified a font and colour and your computer has that font, then it will display as sender intended.
Tools > Options > Display > Formatting tab To set colour: click on 'colours' button
To allow messages to use other colours: select 'Allow content to choose its own colours, instead of my selections above.' click on OK click on OK
If you want to auto type a write message using a different colour from the received: Tools > Options > Composition > general tab under HTML Text colour - select colour click on OK
However, in both cases, if you save as draft and then look at source, you will note that bgcolor and text are set to a colour, but 'font color' is not set.
what does this mean when you send a message? The receiver can choose how they wish to see html font colour. Just like you can do with your settings. They can choose to set a colour eg: Yellow or they can allow the font colour set by sender.
If your default is set to black and in a new write message you type a line using the default, it will be black. If you then select a different colour from the Formatting Bar eg: Blue and type another line in that colour. Save as Draft and then look at the source code in the draft email, you will see that a definate 'font color' will be set for the second line. If the recipient allows other font colours, then they will see the two different colours.
So, at the end of the day, the recipient can choose what they want to see.
Test this on yourself: Tools > Options > Display > Formatting tab Set colour: click on 'colours' button and select black
To Stop messages to use other colours: uncheck/deselect: 'Allow content to choose its own colours, instead of my selections above.' click on OK click on OK
open a new Write message type a line of text - it will be in black be default. select a different font colour from Formatting Bar eg: Blue type another line of text - it should be blue
Send email to yourself when you receive it - all the text will appear black.
Go back into Tools > Options > Display > Formatting tab and now select: 'Allow content to choose its own colours, instead of my selections above.' click on OK click on OK
then go back and look at the email - the coloured text will now display.
Chosen Solution
I could take a look at the email you sent to your friend and check the source code. Send the same email to me - locate email in your sent folder. right click and select 'Edit as new message' to open in a Write message window. If you feel this is ok - email me: mail at anje dot co dot uk note: I do not usually respond to any TB communication via that email address, but for the purposes of checking the source code and not posting anything sensitive in the forum, it is the only alternative. I'll not be offended if you decline.