8. A machine implemented method, comprising: receiving user input from a user; in response to the user input, accessing a plurality of electronic mail messages (emails), including a certain email, that are part of an email conversation; extracting content from each of the accessed emails, including the certain email; automatically generating a composite email which includes the content extracted from each of the accessed emails; receiving further user input indicating one or more markups made to the content of the certain email in the composite email to give rise to a marked up version of the content of the certain email; and storing a set of markup information indicative of the one or more markups made to the content of the certain email, wherein the markup information is stored separate from the content of the certain email, and wherein the markup information is applicable to the content of the certain email to reproduce the marked up version of the content of the certain email.
8. A machine implemented method, comprising: receiving user input from a user; in response to the user input, accessing a plurality of electronic mail messages (emails), including a certain email, that are part of an email conversation; extracting content from each of the accessed emails, including the certain email; automatically generating a composite email which includes the content extracted from each of the accessed emails; receiving further user input indicating one or more markups made to the content of the certain email in the composite email to give rise to a marked up version of the content of the certain email; and storing a set of markup information indicative of the one or more markups made to the content of the certain email, wherein the markup information is stored separate from the content of the certain email, and wherein the markup information is applicable to the content of the certain email to reproduce the marked up version of the content of the certain email. 11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the one or more markups include one or more reminders that have been associated with at least a portion of the content of the certain email.