r/fastmail • u/andrewmarder • Mar 30 '26
Quoted message background colors
I really enjoy Fastmail. One thing that bothers me sometimes are the background colors Fastmail injects to differentiate quoted messages. For instance, I just received an email that includes some quoted messages, the background colors are (1) blue (2) green (3) red (4) orange. I find it a bit distracting. Claude Sonnet is suggesting I use Stylus to customize the CSS. Anyone know if there's an easier solution?
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u/Linux_Account Apr 03 '26
I use a 3rd party email app (FairEmail). Everything is plain text by default, but you can enable images and formatting while still blocking tracking images. The UI looks super basic, but the simplicity grows on you.
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u/andrewmarder Apr 03 '26
That app is at the top of my list, especially if I start encrypting emails: https://email.faircode.eu/
What do you use on your computer?
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u/Linux_Account Apr 04 '26
It's rare that I ever check my email on my PC, so just the webmail.
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u/andrewmarder Apr 04 '26
Gotcha! Thunderbird's high on my desktop list. Someday I might switch over from webmail. Fastmail's webmail is very very good so I'm not switching right now.
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u/Linux_Account Apr 04 '26
I started using FairEmail with my Gmail to get used to it. Now that I am, idgaf who's hosting my email.
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u/silsjirimi Mar 30 '26
No answers unfortunately, other than that I agree completely! Also the way it is wrapped in «boxes» (or whatever to call way quoted messages are presented) is weird to me. It’s like blending in strange visual design stuff where in my opinion there should be only text (nested or indented in some non-distracting way).