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Thunderbird picking up bgcolor in html attachment as its own background color
I'm trying to send an html attachment with Thunderbird, and I notice
that the message area picks up the background color defined in the html document!
This happens to be almost black (0x333333) so the black text of the
message is barely visible. The html attachment is:
<body bgcolor="#333333">
<!--url's used in the movie-->
<!--text used in the movie-->
<!-- saved from url=(0013)about:internet -->
<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae
codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab..."
width="100%" height="100%" id="DataFloodAnimation" align="middle">
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
<param name="movie" value="DataFloodAnimation.
name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#333333"
/><embed src="DataFloodAnimation.sw
width="100%" height="100%" name="DataFloodAnimation" align="middle"
allowScriptAccess="sameDom
pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />
</object>
</body>
I just want to send this file as a simple attachment. I don't want
Thunderbird trying to interpret it and use the bgcolor defined there as its own
background of the text area. How can stop Thunderbird from doing this?
Thanks,
Steve
that the message area picks up the background color defined in the html document!
This happens to be almost black (0x333333) so the black text of the
message is barely visible. The html attachment is:
<body bgcolor="#333333">
<!--url's used in the movie-->
<!--text used in the movie-->
<!-- saved from url=(0013)about:internet -->
<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae
codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab..."
width="100%" height="100%" id="DataFloodAnimation" align="middle">
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
<param name="movie" value="DataFloodAnimation.
name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#333333"
/><embed src="DataFloodAnimation.sw
width="100%" height="100%" name="DataFloodAnimation" align="middle"
allowScriptAccess="sameDom
pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />
</object>
</body>
I just want to send this file as a simple attachment. I don't want
Thunderbird trying to interpret it and use the bgcolor defined there as its own
background of the text area. How can stop Thunderbird from doing this?
Thanks,
Steve
ASKER
Yes, that works, but that's not a fix. Can someone explain why this is happening and how to tell Thunderbird to leave html attachments alonel?
Thanks
Thanks
In TB, try Tools->Options->Compositio
If that doesn't work, try Tools->Options->Display ->Formatting and at the HTML Messages confirm that Text is set to Black and Background Color is set to White.
If that doesn't work, try Tools->Options->Display ->Formatting and at the HTML Messages confirm that Text is set to Black and Background Color is set to White.
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mtz1of4.
I found bug 76804 also that seems to be relevant. I think the solution for now is to not try to send html files as attachments. I'll just zip it.
Thanks for all your suggestions, though.
steve
I found bug 76804 also that seems to be relevant. I think the solution for now is to not try to send html files as attachments. I'll just zip it.
Thanks for all your suggestions, though.
steve
Try renaming the attachment to .txt file. Then when recipient receives the attachment, he/she can rename the attachment back to .html to open it.
Best wishes!