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How to make a message readable in Dark Theme

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MikeDuncan177
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I am running Thunderbird (release 140) with the Dark Theme selected. A few messages are received that are unreadable because of the text color chosen by the sender. I am wondering if there is a method to adjust a parameter for an unreadable message to make it readable. I would prefer not to have to change the Theme to Light for just a few messages!

An example is attached.

I am running Thunderbird (release 140) with the Dark Theme selected. A few messages are received that are unreadable because of the text color chosen by the sender. I am wondering if there is a method to adjust a parameter for an unreadable message to make it readable. I would prefer not to have to change the Theme to Light for just a few messages! An example is attached.
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Try View/Message Body As, Simple HTML or Plain Text. Press Alt if the Menu Bar with View is hidden.

There's a button add-on for this:

https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/addon/allow-html-temp/

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david
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Try the addon, Dark Reader. From my experience, it forces font color to white for reading.

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sfhowes
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Try View/Message Body As, Simple HTML or Plain Text. Press Alt if the Menu Bar with View is hidden.

There's a button add-on for this:

https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/addon/allow-html-temp/

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