and this is regardless of who sent it. I've sent myself emails from work
with a particular stationary but the background is always gray. How do I
adjust my setting to see what background is being sent?

Are you sure that they have a background and that it is not just your
general Windows settings which is set to gray?
See http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/fontsizecolor.htm

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"WickedStepMom" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:2990C004-C948-4445-847F-(E-Mail Removed)...
> and this is regardless of who sent it. I've sent myself emails from work
> with a particular stationary but the background is always gray. How do I
> adjust my setting to see what background is being sent?