Systems and methods for selectively archiving electronic messages
The disclosed computer-implemented method for selectively archiving electronic messages may include (1) monitoring, at a messaging account of a user, interactions between the user and messages received at the messaging account, (2) identifying message characteristics that are indicative of unimportant messages to the user by (A) identifying, based on the interactions between the user and the received messages, received messages that are unimportant to the user and (B) identifying characteristics of the unimportant received messages, (3) receiving an incoming message at the messaging account, (4) determining, based on a comparison between at least one characteristic of the incoming message and the message characteristics that are indicative of unimportant messages, that the incoming message is unimportant to the user, and (5) archiving the incoming message based on the determination that the incoming message is unimportant to the user. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
1. A computer-implemented method for selectively archiving electronic messages, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising:
monitoring, at a messaging account of a user, interactions between the user and messages received at the messaging account;
identifying message characteristics that are indicative of unimportant messages to the user by:
identifying, based on the interactions between the user and the received messages, messages that the user has manually selected to archive;
determining, based on the user selecting to archive the messages, that the messages are unimportant to the user; and
identifying characteristics of the messages the user selected to archive;
receiving an incoming message at the messaging account;
before the incoming message reaches an inbox of the messaging account:
determining, based on a comparison between at least one characteristic of the incoming message and the message characteristics that are indicative of unimportant messages, that the incoming message is unimportant to the user; and
in response to the determination that the incoming message is unimportant to the user, directly archiving the incoming message instead of displaying, to the user, an indication of the message within the inbox of the messaging account.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein monitoring the interactions between the user and the messages received at the messaging account comprises identifying actions performed by the user on the received messages.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the actions performed on the received messages comprise at least one of:
deleting a message;
opening a message;
archiving a message;
replying to a message; and
labelling a message.
4. The method of claim 2 , wherein identifying the message characteristics that are indicative of unimportant messages further comprises identifying an amount of time between a message being received at the messaging account and the user performing an action on the message.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein monitoring the interactions between the user and the messages received at the messaging account comprises determining that the user has not performed any action on at least one received message within a predetermined amount of time.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying the characteristics of the messages the user selected to archive comprises identifying at least one of:
a sender of a message;
an additional recipient of a message;
a subject of a message; and
a topic of a message.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the incoming message is unimportant to the user comprises determining that the incoming message exhibits at least a threshold number of message characteristics that are indicative of unimportant messages.
8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving an additional incoming message at the messaging account;
determining, based on a comparison between at least one characteristic of the incoming message and at least one characteristic of the additional incoming message, that the additional incoming message is more important to the user than the incoming message; and
in response to determining that the additional incoming message is more important, storing the additional incoming message in a faster access location than the archived incoming message.
9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying at least one message that the user has manually selected to archive before reading; and
determining, based on the user selecting to archive the message before reading the message, that the message is unimportant to the user.
10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying at least one message that:
the user has manually selected to archive after reading; and
the user has not replied to before archiving; and
determining, in response to both the user selecting to archive the message after reading the message and the user not replying to the message before archiving the message, that the message is unimportant to the user.
11. A system for selectively archiving electronic messages, the system comprising:
a monitoring module, stored in memory, that monitors, at a messaging account of a user, interactions between the user and messages received at the messaging account;
an identification module, stored in memory, that identifies message characteristics that are indicative of unimportant messages to the user by:
identifying, based on the interactions between the user and the received messages, messages that the user has manually selected to archive;
determining, based on the user selecting to archive the messages, that the messages are unimportant to the user; and
identifying characteristics of the messages the user selected to archive;
a reception module, stored in memory, that receives an incoming message at the messaging account;
a determination module, stored in memory, that determines, before the incoming message reaches an inbox of the messaging account, based on a comparison between at least one characteristic of the incoming message and the message characteristics that are indicative of unimportant messages, that the incoming message is unimportant to the user;
an archiving module, stored in memory, that directly archives, in response to the determination that the incoming message is unimportant to the user, the incoming message instead of displaying, to the user, an indication of the message within the inbox of the messaging account; and
at least one processor configured to execute the monitoring module, the identification module, the reception module, the determination module, and the archiving module.
12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the monitoring module monitors the interactions between the user and the messages received at the messaging account by identifying actions performed by the user on the received messages.
13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the actions performed on the received messages comprise at least one of:
deleting a message;
opening a message;
archiving a message;
replying to a message; and
labelling a message.
14. The system of claim 12 , wherein the identification module further identifies the message characteristics that are indicative of unimportant messages by identifying an amount of time between a message being received at the messaging account and the user performing an action on the message.
15. The system of claim 11 , wherein the monitoring module monitors the interactions between the user and the messages received at the messaging account by determining that the user has not performed any action on at least one received message within a predetermined amount of time.
16. The system of claim 11 , wherein the identification module identifies the characteristics of the messages the user selected to archive by identifying at least one of:
a sender of a message;
an additional recipient of a message;
a subject of a message; and
a topic of a message.
17. The system of claim 11 , wherein the determination module determines that the incoming message is unimportant to the user by determining that the incoming message exhibits at least a threshold number of message characteristics that are indicative of unimportant messages.
18. The system of claim 11 , wherein:
the reception module receives an additional incoming message at the messaging account;
the determination module determines, based on a comparison between at least one characteristic of the incoming message and at least one characteristic of the additional incoming message, that the additional incoming message is more important to the user than the incoming message; and
in response to the determination that the additional incoming message is more important, the archiving module stores the additional incoming message in a faster access location than the archived incoming message.
19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising one or more computer-readable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to:
monitor, at a messaging account of a user, interactions between the user and messages received at the messaging account;
identify message characteristics that are indicative of unimportant messages to the user by:
identifying, based on the interactions between the user and the received messages, messages that the user has manually selected to archive;
determining, based on the user selecting to archive the messages, that the messages are unimportant to the user; and
identifying characteristics of the messages the user selected to archive;
receive an incoming message at the messaging account;
before the incoming message reaches an inbox of the messaging account:
determine, based on a comparison between at least one characteristic of the incoming message and the message characteristics that are indicative of unimportant messages, that the incoming message is unimportant to the user; and
directly archive, in response to the determination that the incoming message is unimportant to the user, the incoming message instead of displaying, to the user, an indication of the message within the inbox of the messaging account.
20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the one or more computer-readable instructions cause the computing device to monitor the interactions between the user and the messages received at the messaging account by identifying actions performed by the user on the received messages.