Take Control of Mail on the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch

Chapter 2. Learn iPhone OS Mail Basics

I presume that most people reading this book have already set up at least one email account on their iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch, because that's often done during initial configuration. Because you're probably already actively using the Mail app, I don't want to make you read dozens of pages about email protocols, account setup, and so on before telling you about the nuts and bolts of sending, receiving, and managing email. So, I begin here with a quick overview of how to do all the basic email tasks—as well as a few less-common ones. If you haven't yet gotten the hang of reading and replying to email, this section should put you on the right track. And even if you're an old pro, you may learn a trick or ...