This style adds different colors of both the text and background of different quote levels in messages. This makes it much easier to follow a long discussion in newsgroups for example, where the level of reply quotes can go very deep.
I copied the code, description, and screenshot from here: http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/tips#app_quotelevels
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