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The Unified Inbox

Unified Inbox allows you to manage all your accounts from a single inbox. Colors designate each account so you can visually identify your accounts quickly.

The People View

The People View is a new and original way to view your Inbox and reduce its clutter.
It arranges your emails into three types:

People
Tapping on one of the People will open a list of all your conversations with that person.

Groups
Tapping one of the groups will display all the Group’s email threads.

Services
Opening a Service from the People view will open a list of all the emails you got from that Service.

The display is sorted based on the newest emails to the oldest.

Bottom Bar Icons

	Mail
	People
	Compose
	Tasks
	More

The Swipe Menu

Swiping the email right reveals two options: Done which allows you to mark an email as Done, and Snooze+ which allows you to select a deferring time from a menu.

Swiping the email left reveals three options: Mark Read/ Unread,Archive, andDelete.

You can Configure the Swipe Menus.

Navigating Between Folders

To view the folders for your current account, please tap the top-left corner and a panel with the folders list will be shown underneath the account’s name. You can also see the panel by swiping from the middle left edge of the screen.

We show folders created by your email provider first, followed by your custom folders. Simply swipe down to reveal the remainder of your folder list.

Folders created by your mail provider are called system folders. When using an IMAP account, these cannot be changed or deleted unless you do so with your provider. Here are some examples of system folders:

• Inbox
• Drafts
• Sent
• Trash
• Spam
• Outbox
• Archive/All

All other folders are user created and can be renamed, deleted, copied, moved, or created.

Note: The Inbox folder is the only one that syncs regularly, the other folders sync the instant you open them.

Refreshing the Mail List

To refresh the Mail List, pull the screen down (swipe your finger from the top of the screen downwards).

Windows email, or Mail, is a great, though not unexpected, inclusion in Windows 10. As the OS’ dedicated email client, it offers something that most web-based email services just don’t. And while email services such as Gmail, iCloud and Yahoo are all good in their own right, there’s just something about having a dedicated client.

Having a dedicated app to send and receive email can really help streamline the process of keeping on top of all your emails. Windows email is no exception, as it takes all those other email accounts and puts them in one place to allow you access all your various accounts without having to forward emails or switch accounts.

So if you’re looking for a Windows solution to keep on top of all your emails, take a look at our guide to see how you can make Windows email work for you and how to get the most out of it.

1. Setting up an email account

The first time you launch Mail, you will be prompted to add one or more email accounts – click Add Account to get started. In the case of webmail accounts, things are very simple. Select the service you use and enter your email address and password when prompted. Use the Other Account option to add POP and IMAP accounts, and you’ll be prompted to enter server details.

2. Adding more accounts

It’s likely that you have more than one email account. One of the benefits of using the Mail app is that you can access them all in the same place, so it makes sense to add more than one account. If you decide to add more at a later time, you can click the Accounts label to the left-hand side of Mail, and then click Add account before entering the necessary details as before.3.

3. Link your inboxes

By default, Mail keeps emails from different accounts separate – and you can flit between their inboxes using the menu in the left-hand pane. You may prefer to see everything in one place, however. To do this, click the Accounts link to the left and then ‘Link inboxes’ to the right. Select two or more email accounts, enter name for the combined inbox and click the Save button.

4. Change mailbox sync settings

 Click Accounts (left), then click an account on the right. As well as changing an account’s label, you also can change how mail is synchronised. Click ‘Change mailbox sync settings’ and use the drop-down menus to choose how often Mail should check for new messages, and how far back it should download messages from your inbox. You can also sync your calendar and contacts.

5. Show or hide navigation bar

The left-hand navigation bar is handy if you have multiple email accounts, or if you are constantly jumping between mail folders. You can declutter the interface, however, by clicking the three-line icon to the upper left of the app window. This collapses the pane to give you more space; clicking the icon again brings it back. Even with the menu collapsed, you can still navigate.

6. Send, receive and reply to mail

Sending a new email is as simple as clicking ‘New mail’ in the left-hand pane. Dealing with emails you receive is also simple. As new mail arrives, click the relevant inbox and select a message to view in the preview pane on the right – unread messages are highlighted in bold. At the top of the preview pane are buttons for replying to messages, deleting them, flagging them and more.

7. Opening multiple messages

There may be times when you want to see two emails side by side, but the preview pane only shows one message at a time. To get around this, select an email you want to view and click the ‘Open message in new window’ button, which appears to the right of the From field. Now choose another email and repeat the process before repositioning the windows as necessary.

8. Email quick actions

There is no need to open an email to perform certain actions. If you hover your mouse over an email in the central inbox column, three pop-up icons appear. Use these to archive, delete or flag an email. This latter is handy if you want to be reminded about an email later. You can also right-click an email and use the context menu to perform other actions.

9. Favourite folders

Folders are a great way to keep your inbox organised. Your inbox is likely divided into a number of folders by default, but you can create more. Click ‘Folders’ in the left-hand pane, then click the ‘+’ button in the menu that appears. Enter a name for the folder you’re creating and press [Enter]. To make a folder into a favourite, right-click it and select ‘Add to Favourites’.

10. Handy email options

There are other settings for Mail you might want to explore. In Settings > Personalisation, for instance, you can change the colour and background image used in the app, while the Font section lets you tweak the appearance of email sent through each of your accounts. And in the Signature section you can customise the text that is added to the end of all your outgoing emails.