To add to Bruce's post:
Windows Live Mail uses the red and green squiggly lines when spell checking
and can check in different languages.
WLMail runs on XP, Vista, or Win7.
WLMail can login to Live services to use Live Calendar and Contacts.
Notice, I said can. It is not required.
WLMail will have separate folders for each email account.
OE and WLMail can run at the same time.
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Ron Sommer
MS MVP-Mail

"Marty" wrote in message
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I don't know which checker Bruce. I just enable the check and preferences
from the OE ToolsOptions. The biggest deficiency for me is its inability
to recognize and ignore proper nouns. Word will not insert the red or
green squiggly lines under the same names that OE flags as errors. It also
flags errors in previous text on a reply even though I've checked the box
that says to ignore them.

It's not the end of the world if I can't upgrade.

Just out of curiosity, if they discontinued development of OE and WinMail
three years ago, what do they provide as a mail program these days?

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
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There is no newer version of Outlook Express. All development of OE and
WinMail (Vista) was discontinued in June, 2006.

Which "very deficient spell checker" are you using? Outlook Express never
had one of its own and relied on the Word spell checker or a third party
app.
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"Marty" wrote in message
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I have XP, IE8 (which I don't use) and OE6. Can the latter be upgraded,
my specific desire is to improve the very deficient spell checker?