Patent ID: 7213210

Claim:
A method for managing e-mail messages comprising: a) generating a first snooze button associated with a user interface for displaying e-mail messages, wherein the e-mail messages have been sent to the user; b) generating a dialog box responsive to user activation of an instance of the first snooze button associated with a displayed one of the e-mail messages, wherein the dialog box displays a second snooze button and at least one time field for specifying a time; c) removing the e-mail message from the user inbox and moving the message to a snooze folder responsive to user activation of the second snooze button; d) initiating a timing process for the e-mail message responsive to a time specified in the at least one time field and responsive to the user activation of the second snooze button; and e) re-sending the e-mail message from the snooze folder back to the user inbox responsive to the timing process detecting occurrence of the time specified in the a least one time field.