Centralized communication platform with email which organizes communication as a plurality of information streams and which generates a second message based on and a first message and formatting rules associated with a communication setting

A system for facilitating communication among a plurality of users via a communication platform, the system comprising one or more memories having instructions thereon that, upon execution, at least cause the system to:

• receive, via an electronic mail server, an electronic mail message from a first user of the plurality of users;
• determine an association of the electronic mail message and a first information stream of a plurality of information streams;
• store, by the communication platform and based on the association, at least a portion of the electronic mail message for access by a portion of the plurality of users associated with the first information stream, wherein the first information stream comprises at least one data item received via an application interface managed by the communication platform and at least one data item received via a service external to the communication platform;
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• cause, based on data indicative of a request to access the first information stream from a second user of the plurality of users, at least a portion of the electronic mail message to be output as part of the first information stream.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer readable instructions, the computer-readable instructions comprising instructions that upon execution on one or more computing devices, at least cause:

• receiving, via an electronic mail server, an electronic mail message from a first user of the plurality of users;
• determining an association of the electronic mail message and a first information stream of the plurality of information streams;
• storing, by the communication platform and based on the association, at least a portion of the electronic mail message for access by a portion of the plurality users associated with the first information stream, wherein the first information stream comprises at least one data item received via an application interface managed by the communication platform and at least one data item received via a service external to the communication platform;
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• causing, based on data indicative of a request to access the first information stream from a second user of the plurality of users, at least a portion of the electronic mail message to be output as part of the first information stream.