{"id":147315,"date":"2025-08-06T00:02:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T04:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/?p=147315"},"modified":"2025-08-06T00:02:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T04:02:32","slug":"thunderbird-email-unreadable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/thunderbird-email-unreadable\/","title":{"rendered":"Thunderbird Email Unreadable"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"daves-2851808542\" class=\"daves-single-post-before-content\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div><p>I clicked on an email to read it, only to see it had a black background with black text, almost unreadable.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Thunderbird-Email-Dark-Mode.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-147316\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Thunderbird-Email-Dark-Mode-640x285.jpg\" alt=\"thunderbird-email-dark-mode-black-text-and-background\" width=\"640\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Thunderbird-Email-Dark-Mode-640x285.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Thunderbird-Email-Dark-Mode-350x156.jpg 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Thunderbird-Email-Dark-Mode-150x67.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Thunderbird-Email-Dark-Mode-768x342.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Thunderbird-Email-Dark-Mode.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I noticed a small switch symbol just above the message to the right.<\/p>\n<p>I clicked on it, and now the email has a white background with black text. 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I noticed a small switch symbol just above the message to the right. 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