How to Turn Off Auto Spell Check in Windows Live Mail

I need help with Windows Live Mail's spellcheck feature.

 

I recently accidentally changed a setting whereby every email message is automatically spellchecked before being sent, instead of the normal process whereby I need to manually request a spellcheck be run.

 

This has become a nuisance whenever I paste technical material into my emails, but I cannot remember how I turned on auto spellcheck, so do not know how to disable it.

 

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Hi:

Windows Live Mail is no longer supported.
But here are a few old articles that explain it:

https://www.lifewire.com/auto-check-spelling-outlook-1173519
(Scroll down to the Live Mail section)

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-in-windows-live-mail-to-turn-off-the-automatic/d9f3cfa2-1de2-4fd9-81b4-739c6637625a

MoxieMomma,

 

Thank you very much for your quick assistance.  I have now finally been able to disable the auto spellcheck feature within Windows Live Mail.

 

Yes, I realize that Windows Live Mail is no longer supported, and am a bit anxious about that. However, I have not yet been able to find a satisfactory substitute email program. I either cannot complete the email account setup process correctly, or else they don't have the features I'm looking for. For instance, my wife and I have a total of four (4) email accounts (our two main email accounts are with Spectrum/Roadrunner, plus we also have two Gmail accounts we occassionally use), and I really like the Windows Live Mail ability to gather together ans show ALL unread emails in a common quickview folder.

 

Which particular email program are you using?

Hi:

I'm glad you got it sorted.

For many years (up through Windows 10), I used Thunderbird & Mailwasher Pro (lifetime licenses) with various webmail accounts (Gmail & Yahoo), Outlook (for work) and several ISP accounts.

Thankfully, I've greatly simplified that setup over the past few years.
I mostly use Gmail accounts, with a few ISP accounts via webmail for rare use.
I no longer need Outlook, but I have an account if I need it.

I have an old archived Thunderbird profile (dating back to Netscape days!) with old mail that I access from time to time. (I've successfully moved the profile many times with each computer upgrade.)

Protonmail & EMClient seem to be popular & well-regarded.
Mailwasher Pro is terrific, both for spam filtering & for collecting mail from multiple accounts in 1 handy dashboard. I have no financial interest in the company (Firetrust), but I ran their application on countless Windows PCs across many Windows versions for many years.

I fully understand the inertia.
At some point, you're probably going to need to find a way to move on from Live Mail.
The basic decision will be "email client" vs. "webmail".
After that, there are multiple decision points, depending on your needs, available technology, how & where you access emails, security & (potentially) cost.

There is no one "perfect" or "best" way to do email.
Some aspects & features have gotten easier, others have become more complicated.
And the nomenclature - especially for MS apps - is mind-boggling.
And it can be confusing to decide.


Well, THAT was likely "TMI". :-D


Cheers