System and method for scoring new messages based on previous responses within a system for harvesting community knowledge

A system for knowledge management, comprising:

• means for generating a client computer profile from a set of data items on a client computer;
• means for generating a set of message response profiles from a corresponding set of message responses;
• means for generating a set of new message profiles from a corresponding set of new messages;
• means for storing the profiles on the client computer;
• and
• means for scoring a new message with respect to the client and message response profiles.

A computer-usable medium embodying computer program code for commanding a computer to effect knowledge management, comprising:

• generating a client computer profile from a set of data items on a client computer;
• generating a set of message response profiles from a corresponding set of message responses;
• generating a set of new message profiles from a corresponding set of new messages;
• storing the profiles on the client computer;
• and
• scoring a new message with respect to the client and message response profiles.