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Old 06-13-2011, 12:31 AM   #10 (permalink)
skeggie
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Know it's been about 6 years - but I was having the same problem and had a slightly different solution required. So just in case anyone else finds this ...

Start a new email and go to Tools - Options - General - Email Options

In the E-mail Signature tab click on your affected signature. Select the affected text to set the font and click the font colour icon to set the required colour, but (and this is the important bit) DO NOT SELECT AUTOMATIC. There is a distinct difference between Automatic and Black (on the top left of the pallette)!

The actual bug comes from replying to RTF emails coming in, which then takes _some of_ the email format from the original email, including font colour. So if the originator went for a trendy indigo background with ivory text, then your reply picks up the ivory text (although not necessary the inigo background ...). For some reason the options in personal stationary only apply to new text and not your pulled through sig ...
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