Title: Re: Background color in email message
On 2/7/04 12:52 PM, "Richard Shane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Hi

(Using Ent X, OS 10.3.2)

I send emails in html format without a lot of fancy formatting. I'm considering using background color. I'm wondering:

1. If the receiver's computer cannot read color, what will happen?

If the machine is set to read white on black or is set to display in grayscale rather than color, the background color will just be a slightly different tint of gray or black I'd imagine.

If you mean that the computer has a color monitor but has an e-mail program incapable of reading background color, the message will probably appear as plain text, because most HTML e-mail programs read background color.  I suppose that if an e-mail program did support HTML mail but not background color, it would appear as you formatted it with a white background.  But that would be a rare situation.

2. If it is an okay thing to do, how could I make that default for all outgoing messages.

You can't set a default background color for mail.  However, you could use Paul Berkowitz's "Message Template" script to open new mail from a template you've set with whatever background color.
<http://www.scriptbuilders.net/?search=message+template>

Thanks for your reply.

You're welcome.

Richard


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