Apple MC544LL/A, MD058LL/A, ME178LL/A manual Checking and Reading Email, Mail

Checking and Reading Email

The Mail icon on the Home screen shows the number of unread messages in your inboxes. You may have other unread messages in other mailboxes.

Number of unread emails in your inboxes

In Mail, the Mailboxes screen gives you quick access to all your inboxes and other mailboxes. Tap an inbox for an account to see its messages. To see incoming messages for all your accounts, tap All Inboxes. If you have only one mail account set up and turned on, then you’ll see only one inbox on the Mailboxes screen.

Incoming messages for all accounts

Number of unread

messages

When you open a mailbox, Mail retrieves and displays the most recent messages, and shows the number of unread messages at the top of the screen. Unread messages have a blue dot next to them. The number of messages retrieved is determined by your Mail settings. See “Mail” on page 170.

If you organize messages by thread, related messages appear as a single entry in the mailbox. Message threads have a number next to the right arrow, showing the number of messages in the thread. A blue dot indicates that one or more messages in the thread are unread. The message displayed is the oldest unread message, or the most recent message if all the messages are read.

Number of messages in thread

Unread messages

See messages in a thread: Tap the thread in the mailbox.

Read a message: Tap a message. Within a message, tap or to see the next or previous message.

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Chapter 10    Mail