Patent ID: 8086682

Claim:
A computer storage medium having computer-executable instructions encoded thereon that perform acts comprising: providing an option for a user to select for a first electronic mail message to be flagged; receiving a selection of the option, the user specifying a custom flag name that describes a flagging detail; sending the first electronic mail message without the custom flag name; triggering post-send processing of the first electronic mail message based on the first electronic mail message surfacing in a search folder, the post-send processing comprising modifying the first electronic mail message to include the custom flag name; storing the first electronic mail message with the custom flag name; receiving an incoming electronic mail message after the first electronic mail message has been flagged by the user, wherein the incoming electronic mail message is related to the first electronic mail message and wherein the incoming electronic mail message has a body portion where message content is located; and in response to receiving a selection of the option, based on the stored first electronic mail message with the custom flag name, providing a notification to the user separate from the body portion of the incoming electronic mail message that the incoming electronic mail message is related to the first electronic mail message.