Apple iPad iOS 4.2 - Manual (Page 54)

Checking and Reading Email
The Mail icon shows the total number of unread messages in all your inboxes. You may
have other unread messages in other mailboxes.
Number of unread
messages in your
inboxes
Check for new messages: Choose a mailbox, tap Inbox, or at any time.
On each account screen, you can see the number of unread messages in each mailbox.
Tap a mailbox to see its messages. Unread messages have a blue dot next to them.
If you have more than one mail account, tap Mailboxes to switch between accounts. To
view all of your messages in a unified inbox, tap All Inboxes.
Number of
unread messages
Unread
messages
Messages that are in reply to each other are grouped together in a thread. Only
the first message is displayed in the inbox and the number of related messages is
indicated. To view the thread, tap it. To turn message threading off, go to Settings >
“Mail, Contacts, Calendars” and turn off “Organize by Thread.”
When you open a mailbox, Mail loads the number of most recent messages specified
in your Mail settings, if the messages haven’t already been loaded automatically. See
“Mail, Contacts, Calendars” on page 151.
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