Galaxy S II: The Missing Manual

Reading Mail

ON THE GALAXY S II, reading email on a non-Gmail account is much like reading Gmail. In the Apps Menu, tap Email to launch the Email app, and it immediately downloads any waiting mail. As with Gmail, the Email app displays the subject line, time and date of delivery, and the sender of each message.

Note

If you’ve organized your mail into folders on your computer, that organization won’t be reflected on the Galaxy S II. You won’t be able to see or use the folders from your computer’s email software.

To read a message, tap it. At the top of the screen are icons that take you to the next and previous messages, for deleting mail, and for replying to or forwarding mail.

Note

If the sender is a contact for whom you have a picture, the contact’s picture will show up next to his name in the From area.

Here’s what the icons on the icon bar at the right of the screen do, from left to right:

• Move. Lets you move the mail to another folder. If it’s an IMAP account, you see the folders created on the server. However, with a POP3 account, you won’t see other folders here aside from Trash.

• Delete. Deletes the mail.

• Reply/Forward. Tap this and a menu appears that lets you choose between forwarding ...