We propose an integrated approach to email categorization, filtering,
and alerting on mobile devices. After a general introduction to the
problem, we present the ifMail prototype, capable of: categorize
incoming email messages into pre-defined categories; filter and rank
the categorized messages according to their importance; and alert the
user on mobile devices when important messages are waiting to be
read. The second part of the paper describes an extended evaluation of
the ifMail prototype, whose results show the high effectiveness levels
reached by the system.