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While composing the message, tap

to save it as a draft. Or press the

BACK button to discard the message.

To view your draft email messages, in the Inbox, tap Inbox at the top left of the screen and then tap Drafts.

To view your sent messages, in the Inbox, tap Inbox at the top left of the screen and then tap Sent.

Reading your messages

Depending on your notification settings, the phone plays a ringtone or vibrates when you receive a new email. A new email icon ( ) also appears on the notifications area of the status bar to tell you that you have a new email. For more information on email notification settings, refer to “Changing Gmail settings” later in this chapter.

1.Press and hold the status bar, and then slide down your finger on the screen to open the Notifications panel.

2.Tap the new email.

3.In the Inbox, tap the unread email or the conversation with the unread email to view it.

4.On the email message or conversation, do any of the following:

Scroll through the messages in the conversation by swiping your finger up or down the screen.

If you have two or more email messages in the conversation,

tap to expand all message headers in the conversation.

Tap the star ( ) to star the message. See “Searching and organizing your emails” for more information.

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