1. A hardware electronic computing device to provide access to an electronic communications functionality, the computing device to: provide a communication interface in which a user can compose an electronic message designating one or more recipients; generate a follow-up task within an application running on a computing platform that provides at least scheduling functionality corresponding to transmitting the electronic message if a response to the electronic message is not received within a preselected response window, wherein generating the follow-up task comprises at least storing data describing the follow-up task in a database.