Gmail/Email | Alcatel ONE TOUCH 997/997D/998 guide

4.2Gmail/Email

The first time you set up your phone, you can select to use an existing Gmail or to create a new Email account.

4.2.1Gmail ...................................................................

As Google's web-based email service, Gmail is configured when you first set up your phone. Gmail on your phone can be automatically synchronized with your Gmail account on the web. Unlike other kinds of email account, each message and its replies in Gmail are grouped in your inbox as a single conversation; all emails are organized by labels instead of folders.

To access Gmail

From the Home screen, touch the Application tab to enter the applications list, then touch Gmail.

Gmail displays messages and conversations from one single Gmail account at a time, if you own more than one account, you can add a new one by touching Menu icon and Settings from Inbox screen, then touch ADD ACCOUNT. When finished, you can switch accounts by touching the account name from Inbox screen, and touch the account you want to view.

To create and send emails

•Touch the icon from Inbox screen.

•Enter recipient(s)’s email address in To field, and if necessary, touch

Menu icon and touch Add Cc/Bcc to add a copy or a blind copy to the message.

•Enter the subject and the content of the message.

•Touch Menu icon and select Attach file to add an attachment.

•Finally, touch the icon to send.

•If you do not want to send the mail out right away, you can touch Menu

icon and Save draft or touch Back key to save a copy. To view the draft, touch the icon , then select Drafts.

If you do not want to send or save the mail, you can touch Menu icon and then touch Discard.

To add a signature to emails, touch Menu icon and Settings from inbox screen, choose an account, then touch Signature.

To receive and read your emails

When a new email arrives, you will be notified by a ringtone or vibration, and an icon will appear on Status bar.

Touch and drag down the Status bar to display the Notification panel, touch the new email to view it. Or you can also access the Gmail Inbox label and touch the new mail to read it.

You can search for an email by sender, subject, label, etc.

•Touch the icon from Inbox screen.

•Enter the keyword you want to search for in the searching box and touch the Enter key in the software keyboard.

To reply or forward emails

When viewing an email, you will see three icons offering further options at the centre of the conversation.

•Reply/Reply all Touch to enter text-inputting mode, enter the

message you want to reply, then touch icon to send this message to one single recipient or all people in a mail loop.

• Forward	Touch to forward the message to another person.
	You are required to enter the new recipient’s email
	address and then touch .

ONE TOUCH 997/997D/998 specifications

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