Chapter 9
You’ve Got Email
IN THIS CHAPTER
Configuring Android email
Receiving email
Reading, replying to, and forwarding email
Composing a new message
Dealing with email attachments
Changing your email signature
The first official telegraph message was, “What hath God wrought?” The first telephone call was supposedly, “Mr. Watson. Come here. I want you.” The first email message, sent back in the early 1970s by programmer Ray Tomlinson, was probably something like “QWERTYUIOP.” It’s one for the history books.
Today, email has become far more functional and necessary, well beyond Mr. Tomlinson’s early tests. Although you could impress your email buddies by sending them “QWERTYUIOP,” you’re likely to send and reply to more meaningful communications. Your Android is happily up to the task.
Android Email
Historically, Android devices used two apps for electronic mail: Gmail for Google’s ...
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