1. A system for handling enterprise resource planning (ERP) tasks external from ERP software, the system comprising: an ERP computer system, wherein the ERP computer system is configured to: execute the ERP software; and store ERP tasks, each ERP task being assigned to one or more users of a plurality of users; and a user computer system configured to execute an email client for a user of the plurality of users, wherein the email client is configured to: retrieve ERP tasks from the ERP computer system that are assigned to the user; integrate the ERP tasks retrieved from the ERP computer system into an email client task list such that the email client task list displays the ERP tasks assigned to the user; and cause the email client task list to be displayed.