Mail Font Preferences

When I receive mail with various font colors, I want to forward it to others, but Mail will not allow me to do this. It takes the text and puts it in default black.
I have tried "Make Rich Text" to no avail, and have tried Preferences in Mail.
Would Eudora or MS Entourage be a better choice for mail?
Bettsy

Welcome to Apple Discussions, Bettsy!
You have posted in a discussion area devoted to questions and comments about how the disscussion board works. You are more likely going to the "Mail & Address Book" forum for Panther and earlier here:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=740
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