Asim 0 Posted December 2, 2005 Images: Microsoft's SNARF e-mail sorter Microsoft researchers come up with tool that enables you to sort your in-box based on who you know--and like. With the world's in-boxes overflowing with unread messages, researchers at Microsoft are offering up a tool they hope will help people sort through the morass. Microsoft Research's SNARF tool can sort e-mails in several ways. It distinguishes, among other things, whether mail was sent directly to someone, or if they were part of a distribution list. The main SNARF screen alerts users to new mail, noting who the unread messages are from. How it worksSNARF begins indexing e-mail messages on initial launch. Once it's finished indexing, it shows a window with three panes. Top pane: People who have sent recent e-mail addressed or cc'd to the mailbox owner. Messages are unread. Middle pane: People who have sent recent, unread e-mail addressed to anyone. Bottom pane: All people mentioned in any e-mail the mailbox owner has received in the past week. A configuration panel enables users to change the types of messages displayed and to sort them in different ways. A user can choose to double-click on a contact's name and see a list of all recent e-mail from that person. The tool also works with mailing lists: People can sort messages by threads and in chronological order. Related: SNARFing your way through e-mail Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asim 0 Posted December 2, 2005 For those of you who wish to download SNARF (Social Network and Relationship Finder) from Microsoft, please visit: http://research.microsoft.com/community/snarf/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
