Title: Message appearing black
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Message appearing black

 *  Resolved [kittersa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kittersa/)
 * (@kittersa)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/message-appearing-black/)
 * Hello, my contact form does not send properly. I receive an email but the submitted
   content, such as name doesn’t come through and appears like [your-name]. Below
   is how my emails will appear, I filled out the Message and Name input boxes but
   it hasn’t come through.
 * **From: [your-name] <emailtest@gmail.com>
    Subject:
 * Message Body:
    [your-message]
 * —
    This e-mail was sent from a contact form on …
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Takayuki Miyoshi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/takayukister/)
 * (@takayukister)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/message-appearing-black/#post-5541787)
 * See FAQ. [I get emails containing codes such as [foobar]. What’s this? I want to see the user’s input.](http://contactform7.com/faq/i-get-emails-containing-codes-such-as-foobar/)
 *  Thread Starter [kittersa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kittersa/)
 * (@kittersa)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/message-appearing-black/#post-5541869)
 * Still struggling with this. Below is how my form appears
 * > [View post on imgur.com](https://imgur.com/yjlBrKh)
 *  Thread Starter [kittersa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kittersa/)
 * (@kittersa)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/message-appearing-black/#post-5542081)
 * Hello, this is still a serious issue.
 *  [Neil Murray](https://wordpress.org/support/users/buzztone/)
 * (@buzztone)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/message-appearing-black/#post-5542082)
 * Please include all your input in the Form and Mail sections of the CF7 interface.
   If others here are able to understand your actual problem, they may be able to
   offer a possible solution.
 *  Thread Starter [kittersa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kittersa/)
 * (@kittersa)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/message-appearing-black/#post-5542089)
 * **Form**
 * <p>Your Name *
    [text* text-653] </p>
 * <p>Business Name
    [text your-subject] </p>
 * <p>Your Email * 
    [email* your-email] </p>
 * <p>How can I help? *
    [textarea* textarea-768 placeholder “Please describe your
   project, budget and timeline. The more information the better. Thanks”]</p>
 * <p>[submit “Send”]</p>
 * —-
 * **Mail**
    **Message Body**
 * From: [your-name] <[your-email]>
    Subject: [your-subject]
 * Message Body:
    [your-message]
 * —
 *  Thread Starter [kittersa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kittersa/)
 * (@kittersa)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/message-appearing-black/#post-5542090)
 * Finally managed to figure it out, the two sections weren’t linking up properly.

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 * 6 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [kittersa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kittersa/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/message-appearing-black/#post-5542090)
 * Status: resolved