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SNARF on yourself? Or is that barf on yourself?


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From the depths of Microsoft Research, we find this little oddity called SNARF that was apparently released months ago but got some recent press that I found.  Unfortunately, the recent press is right after Lotus starts taunting the little circle doohickeys in your inbox to let you know how important mail is.  as referred to in this image..
Image:SNARF on yourself? Or is that barf on yourself?

So SNARF sorts mail based on importance, go figure.  An add-on to tell me how important mail is?  Domino does that natively, but you need add-ons for Exchange?  Rankings can be done by what you have sent, but I don't want to now how important it is by what I sent, I want to know how important it is by what is inside it.  Microsoft Research calls it email triagein their product information.  I call it bleeding internally due to lack of functionality and workflow