The Mail settings, except where noted, apply to all accounts you’ve set up on iPhone.
To turn alerts sounds for new or sent mail on or off, use the Sounds settings.
Choose “Mail, Contacts, Calendars” > Show, then choose a setting.
Choose to see the most recent 25, 50, 75, 100, or 200 messages. To download additional messages when you’re in Mail, scroll to the bottom of your inbox and tap Load More Messages.
NOTE: For Microsoft Exchange accounts, choose “Mail, Contacts, Calendars” and choose the Exchange account. Tap “Mail days to sync” and choose the number of days of mail you want to sync with the server.
Choose “Mail, Contacts, Calendars” > Preview, then choose a setting.
You can choose to see up to five lines of each message. That way, you can scan a list of messages in a mailbox and get an idea of what each message is about.
Choose “Mail, Contacts, Calendars” > Minimum Font Size, then choose Small, Medium, Large, Extra Large, or Giant.
Choose “Mail, Contacts, Calendars,” then turn Show To/Cc Label on or off.
If Show To/Cc Label is on,
or
next to each message in a list indicates whether the message was sent directly to you or you received a copy.
Choose “Mail, Contacts, Calendars” and turn Ask Before Deleting on or off.
If Ask Before Deleting is on, to delete a message you must tap
, then confirm by tapping Delete.
Choose “Mail, Contacts, Calendars” and turn Load Remote Images on or off. If Load Remote Images is off, you can load images manually when reading a message.
Choose “Mail, Contacts, Calendars,” then turn Always Bcc Myself on or off.
Choose “Mail, Contacts, Calendars” > Default Account, then choose an account.
This setting determines which of your accounts a message is sent from when you create a message from another iPhone application, such as sending a photo from Photos or tapping the email address of a business in Maps. To send the message from a different account, tap the From field in the message and choose another account.
Choose “Mail, Contacts, Calendars” > Signature, then type a signature.
You can set iPhone to add a signature—your favorite quote, or your name, title, and phone number, for example—to the bottom of every message you send.