Re: Can OE not override the bgColor?

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From: Steve Cochran (scochran_at_oehelp.com)
Date: 08/21/04 

Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 08:27:11 -0400

You have a couple alternatives. You can make a template for new mail, just
compose a new message and set the background color and then use File | Save
As before sending and then you'll have a template. Or you can use a
stationery file that dictates the background color.

It doesn't look like there's an easy alternative.

steve

"Mark Hurd" <markhurd@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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"Mark Hurd" <markhurd@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> I haven't closed OE and reopened it after making the IE settings change
yet, so there's possibly more to report yet...

Now I have and, as you can see, replies to HTML messages that don't specify
a bgColor get my windows colour again :-(

So we've fixed it when I manually change the format of a plain text reply to
HTML, which unfortunately is almost never...

Regards,
Mark Hurd, B.Sc.(Ma.) (Hons.)

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