SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PERFORMING AN ACTION BASED ON AN ASPECT OF AN ELECTRONIC MAIL MESSAGE THREAD
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1. A method comprising:
- identifying an aspect of a thread associated with a plurality of electronic mail messages;
comparing the aspect to a predetermined threshold;
identifying that the aspect exceeds the threshold; and
performing an action, in conjunction with a processor, based on the aspect of the thread, wherein the aspect of the thread includes;
a number of participants, which are weighted based on whether the participants are addressed directly in the thread or addressed by carbon copy (CC) in the thread in which case carbon copy participants would receive a lower weight, and wherein the number of participants are further weighted based on whether the participants are active in that they actively respond to at least some of the mail messages of the thread;
a size of the thread; and
a number of words in the electronic mail messages associated with the thread, wherein the action is prevented if any one of the participants matches a predetermined participant.
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Abstract
A system, method and computer program product are provided for performing an action based on an aspect of a thread associated with electronic mail messages. In use, an aspect of a thread associated with a plurality of electronic mail messages is identified. Further, an action is performed based on the aspect of the thread.
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1. A method comprising:
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identifying an aspect of a thread associated with a plurality of electronic mail messages; comparing the aspect to a predetermined threshold; identifying that the aspect exceeds the threshold; and performing an action, in conjunction with a processor, based on the aspect of the thread, wherein the aspect of the thread includes; a number of participants, which are weighted based on whether the participants are addressed directly in the thread or addressed by carbon copy (CC) in the thread in which case carbon copy participants would receive a lower weight, and wherein the number of participants are further weighted based on whether the participants are active in that they actively respond to at least some of the mail messages of the thread; a size of the thread; and a number of words in the electronic mail messages associated with the thread, wherein the action is prevented if any one of the participants matches a predetermined participant. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29)
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18. A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium for performing operations, comprising:
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identifying an aspect of a thread associated with a plurality of electronic mail messages; comparing the aspect to a predetermined threshold; identifying that the aspect exceeds the threshold; and performing an action, in conjunction with a processor, based on the aspect of the thread, wherein the aspect of the thread includes; a number of participants, which are weighted based on whether the participants are addressed directly in the thread or addressed by carbon copy (CC) in the thread in which case carbon copy participants would receive a lower weight, and wherein the number of participants are further weighted based on whether the participants are active in that they actively respond to at least some of the mail messages of the thread; a size of the thread; and a number of words in the electronic mail messages associated with the thread, wherein the action is prevented if any one of the participants matches a predetermined participant.
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19. A system, comprising:
a processor, wherein the system is configured for; identifying an aspect of a thread associated with a plurality of electronic mail messages; comparing the aspect to a predetermined threshold; identifying that the aspect exceeds the threshold; and performing an action based on the aspect of the thread, wherein the aspect of the thread includes; a number of participants, which are weighted based on whether the participants are addressed directly in the thread or addressed by carbon copy (CC) in the thread in which case carbon copy participants would receive a lower weight, and wherein the number of participants are further weighted based on whether the participants are active in that they actively respond to at least some of the mail messages of the thread; a size of the thread; and a number of words in the electronic mail messages associated with the thread, wherein the action is prevented if any one of the participants matches a predetermined participant. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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