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How to find similar messages

Find messages with similar content, sender, or thread context.

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Written by Harriet Christie

Summary

From a message you are reviewing, the Action similar menu finds other messages in the same search that share an attribute with it — the same subject, the same sender account, or the same thread — and lets you review them all together (mark all compliant, mark all non-compliant, or escalate all).

Prerequisites

  • Login credentials to MirrorWeb Insight

  • Communications access permissions

  • A message open within a set of search results (the feature finds similar messages within the current search)

Step-by-Step Instructions

Step 1: Open the Action similar menu

With a message open, click the Action similar menu — the icon button with the tooltip "Action similar messages".

Action similar menu button on a message

Step 2: Choose how to find similar messages

The menu offers up to three options, depending on what the message contains:

  • Action by subject — messages with the same subject as this message. (Disabled if the message has no subject.)

  • Action by sender — messages sent by the same account as this message. (Disabled if the message has no sender account.)

  • Action by thread — messages in the same thread as this message. (For Slack, this option reads Action by channel. Disabled if the message is not part of a thread.)

Action similar menu showing the by-subject, by-sender, and by-thread options

Step 3: Review the similar messages found

The Action similar messages dialog opens and lists the matching messages from the current search, with a count of how many were found. Each entry shows the sender, date, subject (if any), a content preview, and a See message link.

If a large number of messages share the attribute, a summary view shows the most recent 10 and the oldest 10 messages, and an information banner notes that proceeding will action a large number of messages.

Action similar messages dialog listing the matching messages with a count

Step 4: Action the messages (optional)

To review the matched messages together, choose one of:

  • Mark All Compliant

  • Mark All Non-Compliant

  • Escalate All

For mark actions you may be prompted for a reason (Advertising, Risk, Other) and an optional comment; for Escalate All you select an agent. Confirm to apply the action to all matched messages.

Action similar messages dialog showing the Mark All Compliant, Mark All Non-Compliant, and Escalate All buttons

Notes

Note: If no other messages share the selected attribute, the dialog shows "There were no other messages found with the same [attribute] as the selected message."

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