Send & Receive Email

In this tutorial, you will learn how to:

• Access and view email
• View, save, or share an attachment
• Compose an email and add an attachment
• Reply, reply all, or forward an email
• Mark, move, or archive an email
• Switch between email account inboxes

Access and view email

When a new email is received, a  Notification badge appears on the Mail app .

To view new emails, select the  Mail app on the home screen.

To view an email, select the desired email from the desired inbox.



To refresh the inbox, swipe down.

View, save, or share an attachment

To view an attachment, select the attachment to download the image or file.



To save or share the attachment, select the desired attachment then select the  Share icon. Select Save Image to save the image or select the desired sharing method, then follow the prompts.

Note: Attachments are saved according to their file type. To view saved photos and videos, from the home screen select the  Photos app. To view saved PDF documents, from the home screen select the  Books app. To view saved music, from the home screen select the  Music app.

Compose an email and add an attachment

1. From your inbox, select the  Compose icon.

2. Enter the desired recipient, subject, and message.



3. To add an attachment, select and hold the desired location in the text field then select the right arrow to scroll to and select Insert a Photo or Video or Add Document. Follow the prompts, then select  Send when finished.



4. To format your email, select the  Arrow icon above the keyboard > select the  Text icon > format the email as desired.

Note: As of iOS 15, formatting options now include font style, size, color, alignment, indenting and outdenting text, and numbered and bulleted lists.

Reply, reply all, or forward an email

Select the  Reply icon, then select the desired option.

Mark, move, or archive an email

From the desired inbox, select Edit. Select the desired message(s), then select the desired action.

Switch between email account inboxes

If you are already in an inbox, select Mailboxes in the upper left corner of the screen to get to the Mailboxes screen. Select the desired Inbox.