20 Chapter 3 : Email and other messages
Email
Set up email
Follow this procedure if you have a common email provider, for example,
AOL, EarthLink, or Yahoo! If you are setting up the Email application to work
with your corporate email account that uses Microsoft Exchange
ActiveSync, see Set up email: Microsoft Exchange.
If the email account you set up takes advantage of the Synergy feature, then
setting up email also synchronizes the provider's calendar and contacts.
1Open Email .
2Do one of the following:
•The first time you open Email, tap an account type or tap Email
Account.
•If you have already set up an account that takes advantage of the
Synergy feature and want to set up another one, tap Add An
Account, and then tap an account type or tap Email Account.
•Any other time you open Email, open the application menu, tap
Preferences & Accounts, tap Add Account, and tap an account
type or tap Email Account.
3Enter your email address and password, and tap Sign In.
4Tap Done.
NOTE If automatic setup fails for your email account, an error message appears.
Tap Manual Setup or Find a Synergy Service, gather the settings info you need,
and enter the account settings.
Create and send an email message
1Open Email .
2If this is the first time you have opened the Email application, and you
set up synchronization with at least one email account already while
setting up an account in Contacts, Calendar, or Messaging, tap Done.
If you have not set up an email account.
3Tap .
4(Optional) Tap From to change the email account you are using to
send the message. This option appears only if you have more than one
email account set up on your phone.
5In the To field, do one of the following to address the message:
•Enter a contact name, initials, or email address. Tap the email
address when it appears. When you enter a contact name, favorites
appear at the top of the search results.
•Tap to open the full contact list. Tap the contact you want, or
enter a name or address to narrow the list.
•Enter the full email address for a recipient who is not a contact.
6(Optional) Tap To to open the Cc and Bcc fields, and enter an address.
7(Optional) Repeat steps 5 and 6 to enter additional addresses.
8Enter the subject, press Enter , and enter the body text.
9(Optional) To set the priority for the message: Open the application
menu and tap Set As Normal Priority or Set As High Priority.
10 (Optional) To discard a message: Open the application menu and tap
Discard Message.
11 Tap .