21. A computer program product for use at a computer system, the computer program product for implementing a method for presenting message conversation data, the computer program product comprising one or more computer-readable storage device having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the computer system to perform the method of claim 7 .
21. A computer program product for use at a computer system, the computer program product for implementing a method for presenting message conversation data, the computer program product comprising one or more computer-readable storage device having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the computer system to perform the method of claim 7 . 25. The computer program product as recited in claim 21 , wherein computer-executable instructions that when executed cause the computer system to retrieve persisted conversation attribute values from the electronic mail conversation item comprise computer-executable instructions that when executed cause the computer system to retrieve one or more attribute values selected from among a topic value, a number of messages value, a duration value, a participants value, a most active participant value, a started by value, a start time value, and a depth value.