1. A method for displaying an email-thread chart of senders and recipients, in an electronic communications system, comprising: providing an electronic device having an email application and a display; retrieving an email message from the email application; determining that the email message contains an email thread; retrieving the email thread; identifying fields in the email thread containing sender information; retrieving the sender information; identifying fields in the email thread containing recipient information; retrieving the recipient information; identifying fields in the email thread containing additional information associated with sending-and-receiving (“transactions”); retrieving the additional information; creating an email-thread chart including the sender information, the recipient information, and the additional information; and displaying the email-thread chart on the display.