User Guide

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Save a draft for later. If you’re writing a message and want to nish it later, tap Cancel, then tap
Save Draft. To get it back, touch and hold Compose.
With OS X Yosemite, you can also hand o unnished messages with your Mac. See About
Continuity features on page 24.
See important messages
Get notied of replies to a message or thread. Tap , then tap Notify Me. While you’re writing
a message, you can also tap in the Subject eld. To change how notications appear, go to
Settings > Notications > Mail > Thread Notications.
Gather important messages. Add important people to your VIP list, so all their messages appear
in the VIP mailbox. Tap the sender’s name in a message, then tap Add to VIP. To change how
notications appear, go to Settings > Notications > Mail > VIP.
Get notied of important messages. Notication Center lets you know when you receive
messages in favorite mailboxes or messages from your VIPs. Go to Settings > Notications > Mail.
Flag a message so you can nd it later. Tap while reading the message. To change the
appearance of the agged message indicator, go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars >
Flag Style. To see the Flagged smart mailbox, tap Edit while viewing the Mailboxes list, then
tap Flagged.
Search for a message. Scroll to or tap the top of the message list to reveal the search eld.
Searching looks at the address elds, the subject, and the message body. To search multiple
accounts at once, search from a smart mailbox, such as All Sent.
Search by timeframe. Scroll to or tap the top of the message list to reveal the search eld,
then type something like “February meeting” to nd all messages from February with the word
“meeting.”
Search by message state. To nd all agged, unread messages from people in your VIP list, type
“ag unread vip.” You can also search for other message attributes, such as “attachment.”
Junk be gone! Tap while you’re reading a message, then tap Move to Junk to le it in the
Junk folder. If you accidentally move a message, shake iPad immediately to undo.
Use Siri. Say, for example, “Any new mail from Jonah today?”
Make a favorite mailbox. Favorite mailboxes appear at the top of the Mailboxes list. To add a
favorite, tap Edit while viewing the Mailboxes list. Tap Add Mailbox, then select the mailbox to
add. You’ll also get push notications for your favorite mailboxes.
Show draft messages from all of your accounts. While viewing the Mailboxes list, tap Edit, tap
Add Mailbox, then turn on the All Drafts mailbox.