diff --git a/kallithea/model/notification.py b/kallithea/model/notification.py
--- a/kallithea/model/notification.py
+++ b/kallithea/model/notification.py
@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@ class EmailNotificationModel(object):
                 "data_style": "border:%(color_border)s 1px solid;background:%(color_background_grey)s" % _kwargs,
                 "emph_style": "font-weight:600;color:%(color_emph)s" % _kwargs,
                 "link_style": "color:%(color_link)s;text-decoration:none" % _kwargs,
+                "link_text_style": "color:%(color_text)s;text-decoration:none;border:%(color_border)s 1px solid;background:%(color_background_grey)s" % _kwargs,
                 })
 
         log.debug('rendering tmpl %s with kwargs %s', base, _kwargs)
diff --git a/kallithea/templates/email_templates/changeset_comment.html b/kallithea/templates/email_templates/changeset_comment.html
--- a/kallithea/templates/email_templates/changeset_comment.html
+++ b/kallithea/templates/email_templates/changeset_comment.html
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         <td>
             <div>
                 ${_('Changeset on')}
-                <a style="${link_style}"
+                <a style="${link_text_style}"
                    href="${cs_target_repo}">${cs_target_repo}</a>
                 ${_('branch')}
                 <span style="${data_style}">${branch}</span>:
diff --git a/kallithea/templates/email_templates/pull_request.html b/kallithea/templates/email_templates/pull_request.html
--- a/kallithea/templates/email_templates/pull_request.html
+++ b/kallithea/templates/email_templates/pull_request.html
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@
         <td>
             <div>
                 ${_('Pull request from')}
-                <a style="${link_style}"
+                <a style="${link_text_style}"
                    href="${pr_source_repo}">${pr_source_repo}</a>
                 ${_('at')}
                 <span style="${data_style}">${pr_source_branch}</span>
                 ${_('to')}
-                <a style="${link_style}"
+                <a style="${link_text_style}"
                    href="${pr_target_repo}">${pr_target_repo}</a>
                 ${_('at')}
                 <span style="${data_style}">${pr_target_branch}</span>
diff --git a/kallithea/templates/email_templates/pull_request_comment.html b/kallithea/templates/email_templates/pull_request_comment.html
--- a/kallithea/templates/email_templates/pull_request_comment.html
+++ b/kallithea/templates/email_templates/pull_request_comment.html
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@
         <td>
             <div>
                 ${_('Pull request from')}
-                <a style="${link_style}"
+                <a style="${link_text_style}"
                    href="${pr_source_repo}">${pr_source_repo}</a>
                 ${_('branch')}
                 <span style="${data_style}">${pr_source_branch}</span>
                 ${_('to')}
-                <a style="${link_style}"
+                <a style="${link_text_style}"
                    href="${pr_target_repo}">${pr_target_repo}</a>
                 ${_('branch')}
                 <span style="${data_style}">${pr_target_branch}</span>:
diff --git a/kallithea/tests/models/test_dump_html_mails.ref.html b/kallithea/tests/models/test_dump_html_mails.ref.html
--- a/kallithea/tests/models/test_dump_html_mails.ref.html
+++ b/kallithea/tests/models/test_dump_html_mails.ref.html
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ View Comment: http://comment.org
         <td>
             <div>
                 Changeset on
-                <a style="color:#395fa0;text-decoration:none"
+                <a style="color:#202020;text-decoration:none;border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9"
                    href="http://example.com/repo_target">http://example.com/repo_target</a>
                 branch
                 <span style="border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9">brunch</span>:
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ View Comment: http://comment.org
         <td>
             <div>
                 Changeset on
-                <a style="color:#395fa0;text-decoration:none"
+                <a style="color:#202020;text-decoration:none;border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9"
                    href="http://example.com/repo_target">http://example.com/repo_target</a>
                 branch
                 <span style="border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9">brunch</span>:
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ View Comment: http://comment.org
         <td>
             <div>
                 Changeset on
-                <a style="color:#395fa0;text-decoration:none"
+                <a style="color:#202020;text-decoration:none;border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9"
                    href="http://example.com/repo_target">http://example.com/repo_target</a>
                 branch
                 <span style="border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9">brunch</span>:
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ View Comment: http://comment.org
         <td>
             <div>
                 Changeset on
-                <a style="color:#395fa0;text-decoration:none"
+                <a style="color:#202020;text-decoration:none;border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9"
                    href="http://example.com/repo_target">http://example.com/repo_target</a>
                 branch
                 <span style="border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9">brunch</span>:
@@ -957,12 +957,12 @@ View Pull Request: http://pr.org/7
         <td>
             <div>
                 Pull request from
-                <a style="color:#395fa0;text-decoration:none"
+                <a style="color:#202020;text-decoration:none;border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9"
                    href="https://dev.org/repo">https://dev.org/repo</a>
                 at
                 <span style="border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9">devbranch</span>
                 to
-                <a style="color:#395fa0;text-decoration:none"
+                <a style="color:#202020;text-decoration:none;border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9"
                    href="http://mainline.com/repo">http://mainline.com/repo</a>
                 at
                 <span style="border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9">trunk</span>
@@ -1146,12 +1146,12 @@ View Pull Request: http://pr.org/7
         <td>
             <div>
                 Pull request from
-                <a style="color:#395fa0;text-decoration:none"
+                <a style="color:#202020;text-decoration:none;border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9"
                    href="https://dev.org/repo">https://dev.org/repo</a>
                 at
                 <span style="border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9">devbranch</span>
                 to
-                <a style="color:#395fa0;text-decoration:none"
+                <a style="color:#202020;text-decoration:none;border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9"
                    href="http://mainline.com/repo">http://mainline.com/repo</a>
                 at
                 <span style="border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9">trunk</span>
@@ -1365,12 +1365,12 @@ View Comment: http://pr.org/comment
         <td>
             <div>
                 Pull request from
-                <a style="color:#395fa0;text-decoration:none"
+                <a style="color:#202020;text-decoration:none;border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9"
                    href="https://dev.org/repo">https://dev.org/repo</a>
                 branch
                 <span style="border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9">devbranch</span>
                 to
-                <a style="color:#395fa0;text-decoration:none"
+                <a style="color:#202020;text-decoration:none;border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9"
                    href="http://mainline.com/repo">http://mainline.com/repo</a>
                 branch
                 <span style="border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9">trunk</span>:
@@ -1530,12 +1530,12 @@ View Comment: http://pr.org/comment
         <td>
             <div>
                 Pull request from
-                <a style="color:#395fa0;text-decoration:none"
+                <a style="color:#202020;text-decoration:none;border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9"
                    href="https://dev.org/repo">https://dev.org/repo</a>
                 branch
                 <span style="border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9">devbranch</span>
                 to
-                <a style="color:#395fa0;text-decoration:none"
+                <a style="color:#202020;text-decoration:none;border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9"
                    href="http://mainline.com/repo">http://mainline.com/repo</a>
                 branch
                 <span style="border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9">trunk</span>:
@@ -1713,12 +1713,12 @@ View Comment: http://pr.org/comment
         <td>
             <div>
                 Pull request from
-                <a style="color:#395fa0;text-decoration:none"
+                <a style="color:#202020;text-decoration:none;border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9"
                    href="https://dev.org/repo">https://dev.org/repo</a>
                 branch
                 <span style="border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9">devbranch</span>
                 to
-                <a style="color:#395fa0;text-decoration:none"
+                <a style="color:#202020;text-decoration:none;border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9"
                    href="http://mainline.com/repo">http://mainline.com/repo</a>
                 branch
                 <span style="border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9">trunk</span>:
@@ -1896,12 +1896,12 @@ View Comment: http://pr.org/comment
         <td>
             <div>
                 Pull request from
-                <a style="color:#395fa0;text-decoration:none"
+                <a style="color:#202020;text-decoration:none;border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9"
                    href="https://dev.org/repo">https://dev.org/repo</a>
                 branch
                 <span style="border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9">devbranch</span>
                 to
-                <a style="color:#395fa0;text-decoration:none"
+                <a style="color:#202020;text-decoration:none;border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9"
                    href="http://mainline.com/repo">http://mainline.com/repo</a>
                 branch
                 <span style="border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9">trunk</span>:
@@ -2078,12 +2078,12 @@ View Comment: http://pr.org/comment
         <td>
             <div>
                 Pull request from
-                <a style="color:#395fa0;text-decoration:none"
+                <a style="color:#202020;text-decoration:none;border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9"
                    href="https://dev.org/repo">https://dev.org/repo</a>
                 branch
                 <span style="border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9">devbranch</span>
                 to
-                <a style="color:#395fa0;text-decoration:none"
+                <a style="color:#202020;text-decoration:none;border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9"
                    href="http://mainline.com/repo">http://mainline.com/repo</a>
                 branch
                 <span style="border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9">trunk</span>:
@@ -2260,12 +2260,12 @@ View Comment: http://pr.org/comment
         <td>
             <div>
                 Pull request from
-                <a style="color:#395fa0;text-decoration:none"
+                <a style="color:#202020;text-decoration:none;border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9"
                    href="https://dev.org/repo">https://dev.org/repo</a>
                 branch
                 <span style="border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9">devbranch</span>
                 to
-                <a style="color:#395fa0;text-decoration:none"
+                <a style="color:#202020;text-decoration:none;border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9"
                    href="http://mainline.com/repo">http://mainline.com/repo</a>
                 branch
                 <span style="border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9">trunk</span>:
@@ -2448,12 +2448,12 @@ View Comment: http://pr.org/comment
         <td>
             <div>
                 Pull request from
-                <a style="color:#395fa0;text-decoration:none"
+                <a style="color:#202020;text-decoration:none;border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9"
                    href="https://dev.org/repo">https://dev.org/repo</a>
                 branch
                 <span style="border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9">devbranch</span>
                 to
-                <a style="color:#395fa0;text-decoration:none"
+                <a style="color:#202020;text-decoration:none;border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9"
                    href="http://mainline.com/repo">http://mainline.com/repo</a>
                 branch
                 <span style="border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9">trunk</span>:
@@ -2636,12 +2636,12 @@ View Comment: http://pr.org/comment
         <td>
             <div>
                 Pull request from
-                <a style="color:#395fa0;text-decoration:none"
+                <a style="color:#202020;text-decoration:none;border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9"
                    href="https://dev.org/repo">https://dev.org/repo</a>
                 branch
                 <span style="border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9">devbranch</span>
                 to
-                <a style="color:#395fa0;text-decoration:none"
+                <a style="color:#202020;text-decoration:none;border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9"
                    href="http://mainline.com/repo">http://mainline.com/repo</a>
                 branch
                 <span style="border:#ddd 1px solid;background:#f9f9f9">trunk</span>: