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Checking and Reading Email

The Mail icon shows the total number of unread messages in all your inboxes. You may have other unread messages in other mailboxes.

Number of unread messages in your inboxes

Check for new messages: Choose a mailbox, tap Inbox, or tap .

On each account screen, you can see the number of unread messages in each mailbox. Tap a mailbox to see its messages. Unread messages have a blue dot next to them.

If you have more than one mail account, tap Mailboxes to switch between accounts. To view all of your messages in a unified inbox, tap All Inboxes.

Number of unread messages

Unread messages

Related messages are grouped together in a thread. Only the first message is displayed in the inbox, and the number of related messages is indicated. To view the thread, tap it. To turn message threads off, go to Settings > “Mail, Contacts, Calendars” and turn off “Organize by Thread.”

When you open a mailbox, Mail loads the number of most recent messages specified in your Mail settings, if the messages haven’t already been loaded automatically. See “Mail, Contacts, Calendars” on page 163.

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