Outlook:Options:Spelling:General Options:Ignore words with @ or /

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During spell checks, it seems I spend a lot of time telling Outlook to ignore
e-mail addresses and URLs. Outlook already has an option to ignore words in
uppercase and words with numbers. How about adding an option to have Outlook
ignore words with @ or /, or maybe even all special characters (though I
don't like this option as much.)

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TCav said:
During spell checks, it seems I spend a lot of time telling Outlook
to ignore e-mail addresses and URLs. Outlook already has an option to
ignore words in uppercase and words with numbers. How about adding an
option to have Outlook ignore words with @ or /, or maybe even all
special characters (though I don't like this option as much.)
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There are no words that contain any special characters. Those characters
are word delimiters and are not included in spell check except to inform
Outlook where one word ends and another begins.
 
I appreciate your response, but your explanation contradicts my experience.

First, I don't use Word as my editor. Second, I compose messages in Plain
Text format. Third, I read all messages in Plain Text format. Fourth, I
include the original message in my replies, with each line prefixed by a ">".

When I reply to a message that was sent to multiple recipients, my reply
contains the email address of the original sender as a mailto link, but the
email addresses of the other recipients of the original message appear as
plain text, and each of those email addresses AS A WHOLE are highlighted as a
possible misspelling. That is, not only does Outlook highlight the mail
account name AND the "@" but also the entire domain name including the "."
between the second level domain name and the primary level domain name (i.e.:
com, org, gov, etc.) Therefore, Outlook not only does not recognize the @ as
a delimiter, but it doesn't roecognize the period between the domain name and
the "com" as a delimiter.

I have multiple examples that I would be pleased to send you under seperate
cover.
 
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