Patent ID: 8214444

Claim:
An e-mail management system comprising: an e-mail data retrieval manager executing in one or more computer processors and configured to access data associated with a first set of one or more e-mail messages stored in a storage media and representative of a state of the e-mail management system as of a first date; an e-mail browser configured to display the data associated with the first set of one or more e-mail messages, the e-mail browser further configured to display an input allowing a user to provide an indication of a second date different than the first date, and the e-mail data retrieval manager further configured to, in response to a user providing the indication of the second date, access data associated with a second set of one or more e-mail messages and representative of a state of the e-mail management system as of the second date; and a time variance interface configured to alter the e-mail browser to display the data associated with the second set of one or more e-mail messages, at least some of the e-mail messages in the first and second sets having attachments associated therewith, the displayed data associated with the first and second sets including indicators as to the presence of the attachments.