you can only do this globally not in forwards or replies. I do like that feature of oe and wish it were implemented in apple mail. You can go to mail prefs and open the "composing" tab and boss it around a bit. On Mar 12, 2012, at 1:35 AM, Catnip wrote: The one thing I noticed in trying to acquaint myself with the Lion is that even if you are reading someone else's email, it corrects THEIR SPELLING or at least alerts you to misspelled words. Is there a way to have it NOT do that? People who hate cats will come back as mice! ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to their list subscription is: //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind The list archive is located at //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Jonnie Appleseed With His Hands-On Technolog(eye)s Touching The Internet Reducing Technology's disabilities One Byte At A Tie ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to their list subscription is: //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind The list archive is located at //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx