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Notification Center Notifications
To change the visual notifications you receive for incoming messages, do the following:
1. Go to Settings > Notification Center.
2. Look for Mail, which may appear under either “Include” or “Do Not Include,”
depending on whether Notification Center was previously enabled for Mail.
Wherever it is, tap Mail.
3. If you don't see an Include item at the top, tap an account name and turn on
Show in Notification Center. Then tap Mail to go back to the previous screen.
4. Tap Include, and then tap the number of unread items you want Notification
Center to show (1, 5, 10, or—on the iPad only—20). This setting, unlike the re-
maining ones, applies to all your accounts.
5. Tap an account name to configure notifications for that account, or tap VIP to set
up notifications for VIP senders—the VIP setting appears only if you've already
designated one or more senders as a VIP.
6. For each account, or for VIPs, adjust the following settings to your taste:
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Alert Style:
Tap None, Banners (which disappear automatically if
not tapped), or Alerts (which disappear only after you tap a button).
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Badge App Icon:
When this is on (the default), Mail's Home
screen icon shows a badge that includes the number of unread mes-
sages in this account's Inbox. To omit this account's messages from
that count, turn it off.
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Alert Sound:
Tap this control to determine which sound and/or
vibration pattern (if any) should play when incoming messages ar-
rive for the selected account. (Unlike
Sound and Vibration Notific-
level notification sounds.)
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Show in Notification Center:
To enable alerts to appear in Noti-
fication Center (which you can view by swiping downward from the
very top edge of your screen), turn this on.
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Show on Lock Screen:
To enable Notification Center alerts to
appear on your lock screen—which is convenient for determining if
you need to unlock your device and read a message immediately, but
also means anyone who can see the screen can preview your incom-
ing messages—turn this on.
