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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 unnished messages with your Mac. See About
Continuity features on page 24.
See important messages
Get notied 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 notications appear, go to
Settings > Notications > Mail > Thread Notications.
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
notications appear, go to Settings > Notications > Mail > VIP.
Get notied of important messages. Notication Center lets you know when you receive
messages in favorite mailboxes or messages from your VIPs. Go to Settings > Notications > 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 notications 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.