Email management engine in an electronic mail system

One or more computer-storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed by a computing system having a processor and memory, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• communicating, to an email management engine, an email message associated with an email message category, wherein the email message category is one of:
• a scheduling meeting category, a requesting information category, or a task delegation category,
• wherein the email management engine supports a plurality of categorized email management workflows, wherein a categorized email management workflow comprises a structured, category-specific set of OOO operations that are executed based on a selected email message and a corresponding determined category of the selected email message;
• based on communicating the email message, receiving a response associated with the email message, wherein the response is generated based on executing a plurality of out-of-office (OOO) operations associated with the email message category, the response is associated with one of:
• scheduling meeting data, requesting information data, or task delegation data;
• and
• causing display of the response on an email interface.

A computer-implemented method, the method comprising:

• accessing an email message at an email management engine, wherein the email management engine supports a plurality of categorized email management workflows, wherein a categorized email management workflow comprises a structured, category-specific set of OOO operations that are executed based on a selected email message and a corresponding determined category of the selected email message;
• determining an email message category for the email message, wherein the email message category is one of:
• a scheduling meeting category, a requesting information category, or a task delegation category;
• based on the email message category, executing a plurality of out-of-office (OOO) operations associated with the email message category;
• based on executing the plurality of OOO operations associated with the email message category, generating a response for the email message, wherein the response is associated with one of:
• scheduling meeting data, requesting information data, or task delegation data;
• and
• communicating the response to cause display of the response on an email interface.