Email-based digital personal assistant Sandy can be a really helpful manager for to-do lists and calendar appointments, but only if you don't mind composing new messages for every change. Reader Wyatt writes in with a quicker way to get Sandy's attention, using Outlook, Windows keystroke launcher Launchy, and a custom line for its built-in Runner plugin. Create a new Runner command named "Sandy" or something similar and point it to the location of Outlook's executable file, but add the following switches at the end (substituting your Sandy username):
/c ipm.note /m email@example.comWant to customize the resulting instant email further? Here's a guide to more Outlook switches . Gmail fans can also piece together a similar quick-launch Sandy through a Gmail script for Launchy . (Original Sandy post ).