In this chapter you learn how to set up various email accounts to work within the Mail app on your iPad and how to synchronize associated contact and calendar information.

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Setting Up Email

Smoothly managing email is one of the great challenges of using computers and mobile devices. When it works well, your life is made easier, more productive, and more fun. When it doesn’t, confusion and frustration may follow.

The iPad is a great device for handling email. Because you can carry it with you, you can keep up on email around the house or on the go. With the iPad’s large screen, you can see what you’re doing without squinting and see more of a message without scrolling.

Using touch to find, open, and respond to emails is fun. Interacting so ...

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