mozilla 1.5 spell checker does not work?

["H. S." <greatexcalibur@yahoo.com>]

Hi,

I am using Mozilla 1.5 on Sarge (kernel 2.4.24-1-686). When composing 
news in the Newsreader, I notice that if I run the spell checker (by 
clicking on the Spell icon), it doesn't catch any spelling mistakes. 
Suggestion what I am missing here and how to make it work?

Thanks,
->HS
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