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.
Numberofunread
messagesinyour
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 unied inbox, tap All Inboxes.
Numberof
unreadmessages
Unread
messages
Related messages are grouped together in a thread. Only the rst message is displayed
in the inbox, and the number of related messages is indicated. To view the thread, tap
it. To turn message threads o, go to Settings > “Mail, Contacts, Calendars” and turn o
“Organize by Thread.”
When you open a mailbox, Mail loads the number of most recent messages specied
in your Mail settings, if the messages haven’t already been loaded automatically. See
“Mail, Contacts, Calendars” on page 163.
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