Automatically install a signature for all Ximian Evolution accounts

This article was first written in April 2004 for
the BeezNest technical website (http://glasnost.beeznest.org/articles/118)
Create the file /etc/evolution-beeznest-signature.skeleton and adapt it to your needs [1]:
FULLNAME
BeezNest
Web: http://www.beeznest.net
E-mail: info@beeznest.net
Create the file /etc/evolution-gconf-signature.skeleton [

Assigning a keyboard shortcut to a menu item in Ximian Evolution

This article was first written in March 2004 for
the BeezNest technical website (http://glasnost.beeznest.org/articles/113)
You have to be root to do this, so be careful [1]. Edit the file evolution-mail-message.xml in /usr/share/evolution/1.4/ui/ or /opt/gnome/share/evolution/1.4/ui/ (depending on your distribution). Search for example for MessageReplyList and add/change the accel-key you want. Restart GNOME for the change to t

Activating the spellchecker in Ximian Evolution

This article was first written in February 2004 for
the BeezNest technical website (http://glasnost.beeznest.org/articles/111)
To activate the spell-checker in Ximian Evolution (tested on Debian Sarge, but should apply to any Evolution 1.4.x and later), install the gnome-spell package and the aspell dictionaries matching the languages you want to use. Then go in the Tools / Parameters / Composer / Spell-checking menu and activate the dictionaries ou want to use.

Saving the local addressbook of Evolution 1.4.x

This article was first written in March 2004 for
the BeezNest technical website (http://glasnost.beeznest.org/articles/112)
It is sometimes usefull to save the local (i.e. stored on your local hard-drive) addressbook of Ximian Evolution for backup or to use it elsewhere… To do it, just save the following two files and you are safe: ~/evolution/local/Contacts/addressbook.db and ~/evolution/local/Contacts/addressbook.db.summary