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How can I change the default text color (black to dark grey) in Mail on Lion?

Select the text that you want to change. When you are prompted to change the default font, click Yes. This changes the Normal template. Tip: The formatting used in new documents is based on settings that are defined in a template. Unless you specify a different template, the settings that are used. Change the Default Mac OS X Mail Message Font To specify a default font face and size for composing (and reading) mail in Mac OS X Mail: Select Mail| Preferences. From the menu in OS X Mail.

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Unfortunately I'm unaware of any way to do this without a workaround. Here it is:

1. Go to preferences -> signatures and create one that uses the font color you want to use. You have to select the text, right-click, go under font and pick the color from there (at least on my Lion machine)
2. Set that signature as your default
3. When you compose a new message, put your cursor on the beginning of the line that the signature is on, hit enter a few times, and when you start typing your message it will be in that font/color. There will be a blank line at the top that is formatted black, which you can backspace to delete, just make sure you've started typing something first or it will set it back to black.

Some people have created apps to try and make up for this feature (setting default font, size, color) being missing in Mail:

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MessageFont
Universal Mailer

I have not tried them myself.

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Commonly used alternative email clients which do have the feature are Thunderbird and Entourage/Outlook.

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