Galaxy S II: The Missing Manual

Creating and Sending Mail

TO CREATE A NEW email message, tap the envelope icon on the upper right of the screen when you’re in a folder . If you’re in your inbox, you can instead tap the green + key at the top of the screen.

You create a new email message in nearly the identical way in the Email app as you do in the Gmail app, so go to Managing Multiple Email Messages for details about filling in the To, Subject, and other fields.

Adding a Signature

When you send an email, the Galaxy S II appends text to the bottom of it, which varies according to your wireless provider, but will read something like: “Sent from my Samsung smartphone on AT&T.” That text is visible as you type, and you can delete it if you want. In fact, you may want to delete it from every message and use some text of your own there instead—your email signature.

To add a signature to all your outgoing mail or to delete the Galaxy S II’s text at the bottom of the screen from all outgoing mail, head to a folder such as the Inbox. Then press the Menu key and select More→“Account settings.”.

To stop the built-in signature from being sent on all messages, uncheck the box next to “Add signature.” To create a new signature, tap the ...