Abstract: A system and method for processing electronic mail is disclosed herein. The system for processing electronic mail, comprising a computer system in electronic communication with a network, the computer system receiving and sending one or more email messages over the network, and an email client application executed by the computer system, the email client application generating on said computer system, an electronic user interface for allowing a user to process the one or more email messages, a first toolbar for allowing the user to control operation of the email client application, and a secondary toolbar including at least one macro button selectable by the user when the one or more email messages are displayed to the user in the electronic user interface, the at least one macro button having assigned thereto a user-definable macro which, when selected by the user, automatically processes the one or more email messages.