Chapter 7. Send and Receive Email

Anyone who has used Apple's Mail app on the iPhone or iPod touch will find the iPad version familiar—and yet worlds better. The extra screen space lets you display a list of messages in your Inbox and the contents of a message at the same time. Miraculous! The larger screen also makes it easier to file messages and read attachments, and typing is more comfortable.

I wrote an entire book, Take Control of Mail on the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch, about dealing with email on iPhone OS devices. The next several pages are adapted from that book but contain only fairly basic information to get you started with Mail. If you want all the details, check out the full book, which not only covers every aspect of configuring ...

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