Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
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Customizable top-level mailbox view:
The topmost Mailboxes view in iOS
6 showed only All Inboxes, the VIP Inbox, the Inbox for each account, and a
list of each account (so you can navigate to any individual mailbox). In iOS 7,
you can customize this top-level view—for example, you can remove VIP if you
don't use it, or you can add Flagged, Unread, Attachments, or numerous other
dynamic mailboxes (which are somewhat like smart mailboxes in OS X). You can
also add any conventional mailbox from your existing accounts. To add, remove,
or rearrange these mailboxes, navigate to the top-level Mailboxes view and tap
Edit.
Note:
Once you add a conventional mailbox to this list, there appears to be no way to
delete it. You can
hide
it, but it remains in the Edit list permanently.
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Global search:
You're no longer restricted to searching only the current mail-
box from within Mail; search terms typed in Mail's search box now apply across
all mailboxes and accounts. However, if you want to restrict a search to the cur-
rent mailbox, you can tap Current Mailbox at the top of the results list.
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Shake to undo:
The familiar iOS “shake to undo/redo” gesture now applies to
moving and deleting messages in Mail, too. If you mistakenly filed or trashed a
message, shake your iOS device and tap Undo
Action
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New gestures:
If you swipe from the very left edge of the screen toward the
right, you can view the next-higher mailbox or list, which produces the same ef-
fect as tapping whatever textual “button” is in the top-left corner of the screen
(such as Mailboxes, All Inboxes, or the current mailbox).
And, if you swipe from right to left on a message preview in any message list,
you'll see two buttons—Trash (or Delete, for items already in the Trash), which
used to appear when you swiped rightward as well; and More, which displays
several additional operations: Reply (or Reply All), Forward, Flag (or Unflag),
Mark as Unread (or Read), Move to Junk, and Move Message.
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Multiple From addresses:
Some email providers let you send mail from mul-
tiple addresses (even in different domains). Although it was possible in iOS 6
to set up Mail to use multiple From addresses, it was a complex, awkward pro-
cess. Now it's easy: go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars >
Account Name
> Account > Email (where
Account Name
is the name of the account you want to
modify), tap Add Another Email, and follow the prompts. Whichever address is
checked on the Email screen will be the default; to change the From address for