| dc.description.abstract | Modern	day	organisations	and	individuals	use	emails	as	a	communication	media	and	there	exist	workflows	correlated	to	the	email	communication	such	as	responding,	forwarding	and	more	complex	workflows	such	as	content	analysis	and	attachment	handling.	These	workflows	are	highly	user-dependent	due	to	various	requirements	such	as	uniqueness	of	users’	fields	of	occupation.	There	exist	commercial	tools,	which	are	explicitly	designed	to	fulfil	the	purpose	of	email	based	workflow	automation	and	management;	however,	these	tools	are	associated	with	email	marketing	campaign	management	thus,	providing	a	set	of	marketing-centric	features.	If	we	can	understand	the	diverse	requirements	of	the	users,	it	may	help	in	providing	a	better	solution	towards	effective	email	based	workflow	automation.	Having	analysed	aforementioned	limitations	of	prevailing	tools,	we	conducted	a	survey	towards	understanding	the	requirements	of	the	users	well,	towards	suggesting	an	email-based	workflow	automation	system.	We	expect	to	utilize	this	knowledge	to	develop	a	more	customizable	solution	to	satisfy	the	diverse	user	requirements	via	enhanced	decision-making	abilities. | en_US |