17.1.2000

Coming from the "My Mail Man" department, Lockergnomaster Jake Zoll sends a somewhat simple shortcut. You're browsing the newsgroups and want to blast a new e-mail message to a friend. Open up the Run applet (from the Start Menu) and enter "mailto:" (without the quotes, but with the colon). A new e-mail message window should appear. Now, here's the cool part: you can enter part of someone's name if it exists in your address book and your mail program should automatically recognize it (it works in Outlook and Outlook Express). So, I could enter: "mailto:gretchen" without typing her whole addy, and the message will automatically use to her proper contact info. You can also use this trick in your browser's 'URL' or 'Address' field.