An apparatus for identifying similar electronic messages includes a processor configured to detect a first electronic message, detect a set of one or more significant words in the first electronic message, compare the detected set of one or more significant words in the first electronic message to one or more sets of one or more significant words from a plurality of other electronic messages, and present at least a second electronic message from the plurality of other electronic messages that includes a set of one or more significant words that is similar to the detected set of one or more significant words in the first electronic message.