macmail won't turn off spell check

ganzoltd

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When I turn off spellcheck in the mail preferences it stays on and corrects (?) the spelling automatically, often changing the words completely. I have tried closing, reopening, restarting, running Onyx, everything I can think of and nothing resolves the issue. I don't mind if it just underlined misspelled words (I am a terrible typist) but as it changes the words too often I just want to stop it from working at all.
 
What OS version are you running? Is this problem with the app Mail ? Or webmail using a browser?
 
Turn off "correct spelling automatically" in System Preferences/Keyboard pane. Should be in the "Text" tab.
 
I checked my system preferences and Correct Spelling Automatically is UNchecked so it shouldn't be happening, but it continues, ruthlessly.
 
I have tried that several times with no change. Also sometimes the command to Hide Mail goes grey and doesn't work until I close mail and reopen it. I'm not sure what is going on but it is more than simply annoying.
 
I have noticed that Spellcheck is astonishingly and consistently illiterate in the four browsers that I use on the web which are Safari, Firefox, Vivaldi and Chrome. And it does the same when I compose in LibreOffice so I assume that the Spellcheck app is Apple based.
 
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