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07Jan2020 background color
Apparently, the configEditor settings are now over-ridden? :
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1271598
old :  Thunderbird Menu -> Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced -> General -> configEditor
          set "msgcompose.background_color" #D7D7D7 (this is a light-grey)
new :  Menu -> Edit -> Preferences -> Display -> tab Formatting -> button Colors -> Background -> #D7D7D7
      10Jan2020 do this for each email, or set for all new emails?

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12Jan2015 Fix background color!
Thunderbird -> Preferences -> Display -> Formatting -> Colors -> I clicked off "Allow content to choose its own colors, instead of my selections above.
>> Result : didn't work
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AwrTcdFpOLRUz2kAItEXFwx.;_ylu=X3oDMTBzOTdlam42BHNlYwNzcgRwb3MDMTcEY29sbwNncTEEdnRpZAM-?qid=20120311104319AA8RI92
Here's how to set that up globally so that you don't have to do it for each email you send:
1. In the TB menu bar, press Tools > Options > Advanced.
2. In the "General" tab, press the "Config Editor..." button.
3. Note the information in the "about:config" warning popup (ie, be careful), then press the "I'll be careful, I promise!" button.
4. Scroll down the resulting list until you find the line beginning with "msgcompose.background_color", which probably is set to the default value of #FFFFFF (pure white).
5. Double-click on that line and change it to #ffffff, then press the "OK" button.
6. Close the "about:config" window. 
>> Result : I put in #CCCCCC, but it didn't work
>> Re-started Thunderbird, checked manual setting (O),    IT WORKED!!!



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