Archiving messages from messaging accounts

1. A method of archiving messages, the method on an information processing system comprising:

initially, using a messaging account to send one or more archiving configuration messages to at least one messaging account

wherein the least one messaging account comprises at least one of:

a set of email accounts;

a set of voice messaging accounts;

a set of text messaging accounts; and

a set of multimedia service accounts;

querying the at least one messaging account associated with a user;

identifying, in response to the querying, a set of archiving configuration messages residing within the at least one messaging account, wherein each archiving configuration message comprises separate and distinct archiving instructions for the at least one messaging account; and

archiving at least one message in the messaging account based on an archiving configuration message associated with the message in the set of archiving configuration messages;

wherein the archiving configuration message is an message residing in a messaging account, wherein the message comprises archiving instructions associated with a set of messages associated with the message account.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the archiving instructions include at least one of:

at least one archiving action instruction;

a duration parameter for indicating how long the archiving configuration message is valid; and

a retention parameter for indicating how long to retain archived messages.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the archiving configuration message is located within a folder in the email account.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the archiving instructions associated with the archiving configuration message only apply to emails residing within the folder.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

authenticating the archiving configuration message.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the archiving further includes:

determining that the archiving message resides within a parent folder in the messaging account including at least one child folder; and

archiving at least one message in the parent folder and at least one message in the child folder based on the archiving message that resides within the parent folder.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the archiving further includes:

determining that the child folder includes an archiving message;

determining when the archiving message in the child folder indicates that it overrides the archiving message within the parent folder;

wherein when the archiving message in the child folder does indicates that it overrides the archiving message within the parent folder,

archiving the at least one message in the child folder based only on the archiving message that resides within the child folder; and

wherein when the archiving message in the child folder fails to indicates that it overrides the archiving message within the parent folder,

archiving the at least one message in the child folder based on the archiving message that resides within the parent folder and the archiving message that resides in the child folder.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the querying is in response to:

logging in, on behalf of the user, to the set of messaging accounts using a set of log-in credentials associated with the user.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one archiving configuration message comprises:

an identification field comprising an identifier associated with the user.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one archiving configuration message comprises:

at least one keyword used for selecting the at least one message for archiving.

11. An information processing system for archiving messages the information processing system comprising:

a memory;

a processor that is communicatively coupled to the memory; and

an archiving manager communicatively coupled to the memory and the processor, wherein the archiving manager is adapted to:

initially, using a messaging account to send one or more archiving configuration messages to at least one messaging account

wherein the least one messaging account comprises at least one of:

a set of email accounts;

a set of voice messaging accounts;

a set of text messaging accounts; and

a set of multimedia service accounts

querying the at least one messaging account associated with a user;

identifying, in response to the querying, a set of archiving configuration messages residing within at least one messaging account, wherein each archiving configuration message comprises separate and distinct archiving instructions for the messaging account; and

archiving at least one message in the messaging account based on an archiving configuration message associated with the message in the set of archiving configuration messages;

wherein the archiving configuration message is an message residing in a messaging account, wherein the message comprises archiving instructions associated with a set of messages associated with the message account.

12. The information processing system of claim of claim 11 , wherein the archiving configuration message is located within a folder in the email account.

13. The information processing system of claim 12 , wherein the archiving instructions associated with the archiving configuration message only apply to emails residing within the folder.

14. A tangible computer readable medium for archiving messages, the computer readable medium comprising instructions for:

initially, using a messaging account to send one or more archiving configuration messages to at least one messaging account

wherein the least one messaging account comprises at least one of:

a set of email accounts;

a set of voice messaging accounts;

a set of text messaging accounts; and

a set of multimedia service accounts

querying the at least one messaging account associated with a user;

identifying, in response to the querying, a set of archiving configuration messages residing within at least one messaging account in the set of messaging accounts, wherein each archiving configuration message comprises separate and distinct archiving instructions for the messaging account; and

archiving at least one message in the messaging account based on an archiving configuration message associated with the message in the set of archiving configuration messages;

wherein the archiving configuration message is an message residing in a messaging account, wherein the message comprises archiving instructions associated with a set of messages associated with the message account.

15. The tangible computer readable medium of claim 3 , wherein the archiving configuration message is located within a folder in the email account.

16. The tangible computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the archiving instructions associated with the archiving configuration message only apply to emails residing within the folder.