Stay threaded: How to manage and control email threads

Email, a fundamental communication tool, has become both essential and polarizing, with its complex threading feature often causing confusion and disorganization for users. Email threading, which automatically groups related messages into a single conversation for better context and review, traces its roots back to the 1990s when early email clients like Netscape Mail used algorithms to infer conversation threads. Gmail revolutionized threading in 2007 with its collapsible "conversation" feature, although most email clients, including Gmail and Outlook, do not natively support the IMAP THREAD extension, leading to variations in threading displays. This inconsistency poses challenges in email management, but solutions like the Nylas Email API offer a streamlined way to handle threading, enabling developers to integrate email functions efficiently and improve user experience, as exemplified by Pipedrive's revenue growth through Nylas implementation.