Electronic message handling method based on a message system client and system to implement the method

Communication system, comprising

• an electronic message client configured to enable a user to use the electronic message client to manage one or more electronic message of a plurality of electronic messages in an inbox associated with the user, the plurality of electronic messages stored in a message storage database, the electronic message client comprising:
• a client management processor configured to enable the user to select an electronic message from the inbox, assign an archiving rule to the selected electronic message that includes a definition of an action that can be subsequently carried out using at least some portion of the communication system, wherein the action defined in the archiving rule is selected by the user from a list of actions that can be detected by the communication system, wherein the action defined in the archiving rule is based at least in part on content of the selected electronic message, and define an archive location within the communication system to which the selected electronic message is moved after the action is detected, and
• the communication system further comprising:
• a detection processor configured to detect the action defined in the archiving rule assigned to the selected electronic message was carried out,
• an event management processor configured to generate an archiving command to move the selected electronic message from the inbox to the archive location after detection of the action defined in the archiving rule;
• and
• a collaborative application management processor configured to manage collaborative applications;
• wherein the list of actions includes at least one of the following actions:
• update to a page associated with a collaborative application by the user or another user associated with the communication system in which the collaborative application is hosted by the communication system;
• and
• update to a page associated with a collaborative application in which the collaborative application is hosted outside the communication system.

A method of managing electronic messages via an electronic message client, comprising:

• selecting a first electronic message from an inbox of an electronic mail client associated with a user and integrated in a communication system;
• assigning a first archiving rule to the first electronic message using the electronic mail client, the first archiving rule specifying a first action selected from a plurality of actions that can be detected by the communication system and a first storage location within the communication system to which the first electronic message is to be archived, wherein the first action specified in the first archiving rule is selected from the plurality of actions based at least in part on content of the first electronic message;
• detecting the first action specified in the first archiving rule after the first action was carried out using at least some portion of the communication system;
• and
• moving the first electronic message from the inbox of the electronic mail client associated with the user to the first storage location associated with the first archiving rule after the first action specified in the first archiving rule was detected;
• wherein the communication system provides management of collaborative applications, the plurality of actions comprising at least one of the following actions:
• update to a page associated with a collaborative application by the user or another user associated with the communication system in which the collaborative application is hosted by the communication system;
• and
• update to a page associated with a collaborative application in which the collaborative application is hosted outside the communication system.