Patent ID: 8621008

Claim:
A method comprising: identifying one or more aspects of a thread associated with a plurality of electronic mail messages, wherein the one or more aspects include a size of the thread and a weighted number of participants in the thread and identifying the one or more aspects comprises determining the weighted number of participants in the thread, the weighted number of participants is determined from weightings assigned to each unique address in the thread, and the weighting for a participant is to be assigned based at least in part on: whether the respective participant is addressed directly in the thread or addressed by carbon copy (CC) in the thread, wherein carbon copy participants are to receive a lower weighting compared to participants addressed directly in the thread, and whether respective participant has actively responded to at least some of the mail messages of the thread; comparing each of the one or more aspects to a respective predetermined threshold for the aspect; identifying that at least the particular one of the one or more aspects exceeds the threshold corresponding to the particular aspect; and performing an action, in conjunction with a processor, based at least in part on identifying that at least the particular aspect of the thread exceeds the corresponding threshold.