Content-based email expiration

A computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium readable by one or more processors and storing instructions for execution by the one or more processors for performing a method comprising:
• monitoring, by the one or more processors, a mailbox in an electronic mail system to identify a message destined for the mailbox;
• based on identifying the message destined for the mailbox, applying, by the one or more processors, contextual language analyses to parse content of the message, wherein the content comprises a header and a body of the message to identify patterns in the content that indicate a temporal validity period for the message;
• determining, by the one or more processors, based on identifying the patterns, the temporal validity period for the message and associating an expiration date with the message, the expiration date coinciding with an end of the temporal validity period;
• and
• expiring, by the one or more processors, the message, at the expiration date.

A system comprising:

• a memory;
• one or more processors in communication with the memory;
• program instructions executable by the one or more processors via the memory to perform a method, the method comprising:
• monitoring, by the one or more processors, a mailbox in an electronic mail system to identify a message destined for the mailbox;
• based on identifying the message destined for the mailbox, applying, by the one or more processors, contextual language analyses to parse content of the message, wherein the content comprises a header and a body of the message to identify patterns in the content that indicate a temporal validity period for the message;
• determining, by the one or more processors, based on identifying the patterns, the temporal validity period for the message and associating an expiration date with the message, the expiration date coinciding with an end of the temporal validity period;
• and
• expiring, by the one or more processors, the message, at the expiration date.