7. At a computer system, a method for presenting message conversation data, the method comprising: an act of receiving a command to present message conversation data for an electronic mail conversation that includes one or more electronic mail messages; an act of accessing an electronic mail conversation item that represents the electronic mail conversation, the electronic mail conversation item including a plurality of conversation attribute values that represent the attributes of the electronic mail conversation including an identification of each message associated with the conversation and corresponding one or more participants of each message and a recipient delta field identifying a list of entities that were added or removed from each message that has been identified as being associated with the conversation, and wherein the electronic mail conversation item is responsively updated and persisted whenever any electronic mail message corresponding to the electronic mail conversation is received, and by at least updating the conversation attribute values to ensure that every participant in the electronic mail conversation and every received message corresponding to the conversation is reflected in the electronic mail conversation item; an act of retrieving persisted conversation attribute values from the electronic mail conversation item; an act of presenting the retrieved conversation attribute values along with portions of the one or more electronic mail messages; an act of receiving an indication from a user that the received electronic mail message and any electronic mail messages determined to be part of the conversation are to be ignored; an act of scanning each of the folders in the user's mailbox for electronic mail messages that are related by subject to the received electronic mail message, wherein scanning includes scanning for both previously sent messages in a sent items folder and scanning for previously received messages in at least one other mailbox folder; an act of moving the received electronic mail message, any previously sent or received email messages and any subsequently sent or received electronic mail messages identified by the scan as part of the conversation to an ignored conversations folder; and an act of displaying the electronic mail conversation including the conversation's corresponding messages, the displayed conversation including the following in a single application window: a topic header, at least a portion of each message contributed to the conversation including an indication of who sent the message, each message including a URL link to any additional message body text, a participant change indication proximally placed next to each message where a participant was added or removed from the conversation including an identification of the participant who was added or removed, a number of messages indicator indicating the number of messages in the conversation, a timespan indicator indicating how long the conversation has existed, an active participants indicator indicating the participants that have contributed to the conversation and a most active participant indicator indicating the conversation participant that has contributed the most number of messages to the conversation.
7. At a computer system, a method for presenting message conversation data, the method comprising: an act of receiving a command to present message conversation data for an electronic mail conversation that includes one or more electronic mail messages; an act of accessing an electronic mail conversation item that represents the electronic mail conversation, the electronic mail conversation item including a plurality of conversation attribute values that represent the attributes of the electronic mail conversation including an identification of each message associated with the conversation and corresponding one or more participants of each message and a recipient delta field identifying a list of entities that were added or removed from each message that has been identified as being associated with the conversation, and wherein the electronic mail conversation item is responsively updated and persisted whenever any electronic mail message corresponding to the electronic mail conversation is received, and by at least updating the conversation attribute values to ensure that every participant in the electronic mail conversation and every received message corresponding to the conversation is reflected in the electronic mail conversation item; an act of retrieving persisted conversation attribute values from the electronic mail conversation item; an act of presenting the retrieved conversation attribute values along with portions of the one or more electronic mail messages; an act of receiving an indication from a user that the received electronic mail message and any electronic mail messages determined to be part of the conversation are to be ignored; an act of scanning each of the folders in the user's mailbox for electronic mail messages that are related by subject to the received electronic mail message, wherein scanning includes scanning for both previously sent messages in a sent items folder and scanning for previously received messages in at least one other mailbox folder; an act of moving the received electronic mail message, any previously sent or received email messages and any subsequently sent or received electronic mail messages identified by the scan as part of the conversation to an ignored conversations folder; and an act of displaying the electronic mail conversation including the conversation's corresponding messages, the displayed conversation including the following in a single application window: a topic header, at least a portion of each message contributed to the conversation including an indication of who sent the message, each message including a URL link to any additional message body text, a participant change indication proximally placed next to each message where a participant was added or removed from the conversation including an identification of the participant who was added or removed, a number of messages indicator indicating the number of messages in the conversation, a timespan indicator indicating how long the conversation has existed, an active participants indicator indicating the participants that have contributed to the conversation and a most active participant indicator indicating the conversation participant that has contributed the most number of messages to the conversation. 9. The method as recited in claim 7 , wherein the act of receiving a command to present message conversation data for an electronic mail conversation comprises an act of receiving an automated conversation command.