User's Manual

26 Chapter 7 : Email, text, multimedia, and instant messaging
Email
Set up email
Follow this procedure if you have a common email provider, for example,
AOL, EarthLink, or Yahoo!.
1 Open Email .
2 Do one of the following:
• The first time you open Email, tap an account type or tap Email
Account.
• If you have already set up an account that takes advantage of the
Synergy feature and want to set up another one, tap Add An
Account, and then tap an account type or tap Email Account.
• Any other time you open Email, open the application menu, tap
Preferences & Accounts, tap Add Account, and tap an account
type or tap Email Account.
3 Enter your email address and password, and tap Sign In.
4 Depending on the account, you may be presented with options for
which apps should download data from that account. For each app,
tap On or Off, and then tap Create.
5 Tap Done.
NOTE If automatic setup fails for your email account, an error message
appears. Tap Manual Setup or Find a Synergy Service, gather the settings info
you need, and enter the account settings.
Create and send an email message
1 Open Email .
2 Tap .
3 (Optional) Tap From to change the email account you are using to
send the message. This option appears only if you have more than
one email account set up on your smartphone.
4 In the To field, do one of the following to address the message:
• Enter a contact name, initials, or email address. Tap the email
address when it appears. When you enter a contact name,
favorites appear at the top of the search results.
• Tap to open the full contact list. Tap the contact you want, or
enter a name or address to narrow the list.
• Enter the full email address for a recipient who is not a contact.
5 (Optional) Tap To to open the Cc and Bcc fields, and enter an
address.
6 (Optional) Repeat steps 5 and 6 to enter additional addresses.
7 Enter the subject, press Enter , and enter the body text.
8 (Optional) To set the priority for the message: Open the application
menu and tap Set As Normal Priority or Set As High Priority.
9 (Optional) To discard a message: Open the application menu and
tap Discard Message.
10 Tap .
Receive and read email messages
The Email application synchronizes messages anytime you open a mail
folder. It also synchronizes messages on an automatic schedule—the
default interval depends on the type of account you have .
Follow these steps to manually retrieve messages.
1 Open Email .