[Evolution] Spell checker and evolution 1.4

[Michael Fabbri <Michael Fabbri nominum com>]

I recently upgraded to evolution 1.4 with using 
redcarpet.  The upgrade also installed gnome-spell 
and aspell.  

Unfortunately, spell checking does not work for me.
The spell check option in the Edit menu is grayed 
out.  

How can I get spell checking to work?  I naively assume
that redcarpet installed and configured everything 
correctly.

Thanks