E-mail tracker

[Cirerrek]

I've noted that we all have a lovely time keeping e-mail strings together. Some people believe in Reply to All, some people don't. Some know to forward a message to keep the data in it intact, some don't.

A bulletin board system is great for keeping everything together, but unless you are a regular bulletin board user, then it isn't a style that some are comfortable/familiar with.

I was wondering if there was some software or a software plug-in for IE or even another browser that could keep all the branches, roots, shoots, etc.,. of an e-mail string together in one place, with the data intact (tables, graphs, etc.,.). Almost like a bulletin board view running in the background.

Ideally, it would just be a button on the e-mail program's tool bar that would to take you to the bulletin board style view, for those who like it and those who didn't could use their preferred view instead.

A friend told me that you could dump e-mail to Access, but he wasn't sure about formatting and data retention.

Anyone know of anything fitting the bill for what I have attempted to describe?

Thanks,

[doctorgonzo]

Gmail has threaded e-mail conversations, if that is what you are talking about.