Samsung Galaxy Avant - Manual (Page 40)

Section 5: Messages 35
Opening an Email
1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Email.
2. Tap Inbox (account name field upper-left) to open the complete email account list page.
● Selecting this Combined view allows you to view all the emails for your current accounts, managed by the
application, to be listed on a single screen.
3. Select an email account and tap an email message.
Refreshing Email messages
1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Email.
2. Select an email account.
● If you are already in an email account, tap the account name field (upper-left) to open the complete email
account list page.
● Select an available email account.
3. Tap Refresh.
Composing Email
1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Email.
2. Tap
Inbox
(account name field upper-left) to open the complete email account list page.
3. Tap Inbox > Compose.
4. Enter the recipient’s email address in the To field.
● If you are sending the email message to several recipients, separate the email addresses with a comma.
You can add as many message recipients as you want.
5. Tap Options > Cc/Bcc fields to add additional carbon copy and blind copy recipients.
● Use the Cc field to carbon copy additional recipients.
● Use the Bcc field to blind copy additional recipients.
6. Tap the Subject field and enter the email subject.
7. Tap the email text field and compose your email message.
● To add an attachment (such as image, video, audio, etc.), tap Attach (from the top of the screen) and
make a category selection.
— Tap the file you wish to attach.
— Tap to delete the attached file.
Note: If you attach an image to your email, you have the option to resize it prior to delivery. Choose from:
Original, Large (70%), Medium (30%), or Small (10%). Once chosen, tap either Always or Just once.
8. Tap Save to store a draft of the current email on your device so that you can come back later and
continue the email.
9. Tap Delete to discard the current email.
10. Once complete, tap Send.
Configuring Email Settings
1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Email.
2. Select an account and tap Menu > Settings and alter any of the following GENERAL SETTINGS:
● Display: Allows you to configure the way in which your email list is displayed.
● Default display: Allows you to choose what is shown on-screen after you have moved or deleted emails.
Choose form: Next email, Previous email, or Email list.
● Priority sender settings: Allows you to assign Contacts as priority senders, Set as the default folder, assign
email notifications, ringtones, and vibration patterns for emails from these senders.
● Spam addresses: Allows you to create a list of spam email addresses.
● Delay email sending: Allows you to set a time delay limit that determines how long the emails are held until
they are sent. This can allow you to cancel the delivery of a recent email.
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From the email application, select an account and tap Menu > Settings > Manage accounts >
<Account>. Alter any of the following settings:
● Sync settings: Allows you to adjust the email synchronization settings, adjust the sync schedule, and adjust
the email retrieval size.
● Signature: Lets you both attach a customized signature and include a handwritten signature to the bottom
of all outgoing emails.
— In a single motion touch and slide the Signature slider to the right to turn it on.
— Tap the Signature field, change the current text, and tap Done to save the new signature.
● Default account: Assign this account as the default email account used for outgoing messages.
● Password: Allows you to update your password to match the one on the email server.
● Email notifications: Activates the email notification icon to appear within the Notifications area of the status
bar when a new email (Gmail, etc.) is received.
● Notification sound: Plays a selected ringtone when a new email message is received.
● Vibrate: Activates a vibration when a new email message is received.
3. Tap the More settings field to access additional options:
● Account name: Displays your uniquely created account display name.
● Your name: Displays the name used in the From field of your outgoing email messages.
● Always Cc/Bcc myself: Allows you to include your own email address in either the CC, Bcc, or None fields.
Lets you always receive a copy of outgoing emails.
● Show images: Allows you to view embedded images located within the body of the currently displayed
email.
● Security options: Allows you to enable several security options such as: Encrypt all, Sign all, Create keys,
Private keys, Public keys, and Set default key. These security policies could restrict some functions from
corporate servers.
● Auto download attachments: Allows the device to automatically download email attachments when an active
Wi-Fi connection is detected. This process speeds up the process of downloading an emails attachments
for offline review by not using a cellular network connection.
● Incoming settings: Lets you specify incoming email settings.
● Outgoing settings: Lets you specify outgoing email settings.
Note: Some the above options may not be displayed when using some Internet account types.