Long chains of emails including multiple recipients sending endless responses can become
overwhelming; especially when it’s time to dig through what feels like thousands of messages in
order to find an important attachment. Before you know it, all of your important information is
lost in a perpetual stream of replies.
An easy solution for this common problem is to enable email threading. Email threading keeps
your list of communications together like a chain so that you can easily check the message
history. The core functionality of this feature comes from chaining the mail subjects; but more
advanced email client applications like eM Client include additional helpful features like
conversations and thread view to improve the process.
The steps for setting up threaded emails on webmail is similar amongst many popular email
services. After activating email threading, your messages are automatically grouped and you are
given the power to delete irrelevant messages from the threads.
Threading emails with Microsoft Outlook 365
Microsoft Outlook webmail users can thread emails using the conversation function which can be
turned on in settings. You have two options - to see new messages either at the top or bottom of
the screen and to show deleted messages. Here’s how to thread emails on Outlook:
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Click on settings at the top of the page in the toolbar.
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Scroll down until you see the option Arrange Message List.
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Select Group into Conversations.
Threading emails with Gmail
Similar to Outlook, threaded
emails on Gmail are also called conversations: but the process for
setting up this feature is even simpler than on Microsoft Outlook. The conversation view is
located in settings and can only be toggled on and off by clicking on the box. An algorithm will
now chain your threaded messages with the same topic together.
There are additional features to ensure that your message chain on Gmail sticks together and
stays relevant based on the topic. For example, the limit for responding to a threaded message
is exactly one week. If you don’t respond within this time frame, then your message chain will
no longer be linked as a thread. Keep this in mind if you’re currently procrastinating on
sending a response to a message in an email thread!
Organize threaded emails using eM Client
If you need to learn how to organize group
messages on your eM Client application, you’ve come to the right place. Microsoft Outlook 365
and Gmail users will feel at home when organizing their group messages on eM Client. Our
application also provides conversations as an option for grouping messages. eM Client users can
also utilize thread view in order to manage and respond to messages organized in conversation
Our process for implementing threaded emails comes with extra benefits - eM Client uses a
powerful algorithm to chain emails with the same subject, but with more defining criteria;
including message-id and in-reply-to headers. This ensures that emails are grouped
correctly
within threads or conversations.
eM Client offers two viewing options to group messages:
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Conversations: the purpose of conversations is to
reduce the total number of messages
about the same topic scattered around your inbox. This option displays messages about
the same topic grouped under the same conversation topic.
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Thread View: this
option allows you to group your messages and respond to individual
messages. Thread view allows you to view specific message threads within selected
conversations.
Do you have multiple email chains happening in your email at once? No problem! Different
conversations will be created to keep all of your messages right where they belong. Threaded
emails will finally restore peace to your inbox - so you can relax the next time you have to
reply all.