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(mostly posting this here to catalog it, i've already talked to Rael about it).

How about sending sandy a message along the lines of "follow <type> <data>", which Sandy could recognize as something to poll at regular intervals and email you updates on, such as:

follow ups 1Z4123455123 - This would be recognized as a UPS package tracking number, and polled every 6 hours or so via the RSS feeds at http://track2rss.sourceforge.net/ (same for dhl, fedex, usps)

follow flight XXXXX - Poll for the flight status on google's website and send you updates on gate information, delays, etc.

follow site www.slashdot.org - Visit the website (www.slashdot.org) and retrieve the RSS feed URL's, and poll it at regular times (I honestly wouldn't use sandy for this, bloglines is better, but for critical services like status.twitter.com or something it could be useful)

follow feed http://www.example.org/feed.rss - Follow this RSS feed directly, emailing you with updates

These could be extended with "special" tags like @weekly, @daily, @hourly, or @often to determine how often they should be polled (@often would be determined by Rael as the most frequent he's comfortable letting Sandy poll something).</data></type>

When I create an event like so:
r Some Class 8/19 4:30-5:00pm @weekly

Sandy properly realizes that it's a weekly appointment that starts on 8/19 and repeats indefinately. However, it seems the iCal feeds she exports for this don't share that information and show them starting immediately. Can this be fixed?

Same thing happens if you "forget" one instance of a repeating event. It still shows in the iCal feeds .

I'm viewing these feeds via Google calendar.

Is it possible to do a lookup for all items that don't have tags? I would like to find all items that I forgot to tag without the need for searching through every item that I have ever sent Sandy. For instance "lookup @notag" or "lookup @untagged"

I have a gig I need reminding about but being told about it 15 minutes before on the day won't help seeing as I could be up to an hour away from the venue at any given time. I want to be able to remind myself about the time of the gig but at a scepific time of the day i.e. I want the reminder at 9am but to remind myself the gig is at 7pm.The email I sent is "Remind me about GZA at KOKO on 09/12/07 at 7pm" and then the reminder is set to remind me at 6:45pm on that day. I have to manually change it as the time of the event start and the time of the reminder are two separate elements and I don't know how to email both at the same time.
Is it possible? How do I format the reminder?

How do I synchronize Sandy with my BlackBerry? I am using Microsoft Exchange and was hoping there was some way to automatically add appointments using the iCalendar ICS feed that is now available to us. I have also added it to my Google Calendar but can't figure out a workaround to combine the two calendars on my MS Exchange account.

My end result is to have Sandy's appointments fed straight to my BlackBerry, can anyone help?

Does Sandy create a Google Calendar of my submitted stuff that I can access from Google Calendar? For some reason I thought it did... I was thinking about leveraging Sandy by embedding a calendar in a site I run and routing some event listings there. That would allow me to submit events to that calendar via email, which I can't do directly with Google Calendar.

How close is Sandy to having full synchronization with Google Calendar? I know this question has come up in the past, but do we have any sort of timeline on this? This is really the only thing keeping me from utilizing Sandy. I've seen posts from support reps saying that Sandy has "tricks up her sleeve" and that gcal synchronization is currently being tested. How can I get in on this "testing"?

The ONLY thing that is stopping me moving from RTM to IWS is an iPhone interface. Any plans for one?

Is there a way to get the IWS Calendar from Outlook 2007 "pushed" or synced with iPhone via MobileMe?
All my other calendars in Outlook (Home, Work, Personal, etc.) show up and sync, but not the one from Sandy.