Gmail/Email - Alcatel One Touch 960C Ultra User Manual

4.2

Gmail/Email

The first time you set up your phone, you can select to use an existing
Gmail or to create a new Email account.
4.2.1 Gmail ...................................................................
As Google's web-based email service, Gmail is configured when you first
set up your phone. Gmail on your mobile phone can be automatically
synchronized with your Gmail account on the web. Unlike other kinds of
email account, each message and its replies in Gmail are grouped in your
inbox as a single conversation; all emails are organized by labels instead
of folders.
To access Gmail
From the Home screen, touch the Application tab to enter the applications
list, then touch Gmail.
Gmail displays messages and conversations from one single Gmail account
at a time, if you own more than one account, you can switch to another by
pressing Menu key from Inbox screen, touching Accounts, then touching
the account you want to view.
To create and send emails
• Press Menu key from Inbox screen, and touch Compose.
• Enter recipient(s)'s email address in To field, and if necessary, press
Menu key and touch Add Cc/Bcc to add a copy or a blind copy to
the message.
• Enter the subject and the content of the message.
• Press Menu key, touch Attach to send an attachment to the receiver.
• Finally, touch or press the Menu key then Send.
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• If you do not want to send the mail out right away, you can touch Save
draft to save copy. To view the draft, press Menu key and touch Go
to labels, then select Drafts.
If you do not want to send or save the mail, you can touch Discard.
To add a signature to emails, press Menu key from inbox screen, and touch
More\Settings, then select your account, then touch Signature.
To receive and read your emails
When a new email arrives, you will be notified by a ringtone or vibration,
and an icon will appear on Status bar.
Touch and drag down the Status bar to display the Notification panel, touch
the new email to view it. Or you can also access the Gmail Inbox label and
touch the new mail to read it.
If you want to go back to the Inbox label while reading a new message, you
can press Back key or press Menu key and touch Go to inbox.
You can search for an email by sender, subject, label, etc.
• from inbox screen, press Menu key and then touch Search
• enter the keyword you want to search for in the searching box and touch
search icon.
To reply or forward emails
When viewing an email, you will see three icons offering further options at
the centre of the conversation.
• Reply/Reply all Touch to enter text-inputting mode, enter the
message you want to reply, then touch Send to send
this message to one single recipient or all people in
a mail loop.
• Forward Touch to forward the message to another person.
You are required to enter the new recipient's email
address and then touch Send.
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