1. A method for performing actions on a group of e-mail messages, the method comprising: receiving a selection indicating a conversation display mode, wherein the conversation display mode organizes the e-mail messages into groups related to conversations; receiving a selection of one of the conversations; displaying a menu comprising a list of actions that can be applied to the selected conversation, wherein the menu includes an action to ignore the selected conversation; receiving a selection of the action to ignore the selected conversation; in response to receiving the selection to ignore the selected conversation, performing an ignore action on the conversation, wherein the ignore action comprises removing a plurality of previously displayed e-mail messages associated with the selected conversation from display; receiving a selection to change an ignore status; displaying a list of ignored conversations; receiving a selection of at least one ignored conversation from the list of ignored conversations; changing the ignore status of the at least one ignored conversation; and displaying the plurality of e-mail messages that were previously removed from display.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the conversation is displayed upon receipt of an additional message associated with the conversation.