+/**
+ * modest_text_utils_get_addresses_indexes:
+ * @addresses: a string
+ * @start_indexes: a #GSList pointer
+ * @end_indexes: a #GSList pointer
+ *
+ * obtains two #GSList of @addresses with the range offsets of the addresses in
+ * the string
+ *
+ * Returns: a GSList of strings
+ **/
+void modest_text_utils_get_addresses_indexes (const gchar *addresses, GSList **start_indexes, GSList **end_indexes);
+
+/**
+ * modest_text_utils_get_color_string:
+ * @color: a #GdkColor
+ *
+ * Obtains a proper markup string for @color, in the format used
+ * by Pango and HTML.
+ *
+ * Returns: a newly allocated string
+ */
+gchar * modest_text_utils_get_color_string (GdkColor *color);
+