You can target the Mozilla Thunderbird email client by including the CSS class .moz-text-html, which Thunderbird wraps around the contained email.
HTML
<style type="text/css">
.moz-text-html {
{Place your styles here}
}
</style>
Additionally, as advanced CSS within the -webkit-device-pixel-ratio media queries does not work, you can use -moz-device-pixel-ratio to set the styles that trigger in Thunderbird only.
HTML
<style type="text/css">
@media screen and (-moz-device-pixel-ratio){
.span{ color: #cc0000; }
}
</style>