Learn how to use email on your Sony Xperia Z1. Use the email application in your device to send and receive email messages through your email accounts. You can have one or several email accounts at the same time, including corporate Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync accounts.
- View a list of all e-mail accounts and recent folders
- List of e-mail messages
- Options
- Search for e-mail messages
- View folders
- Download new e-mail messages
- Write a new e-mail message
To download new email messages
- From your Home screen, tap Apps icon.
- Find and tap Email.
- If you are using several e-mail accounts, tap view icon at the top of the screen and select the account that you want to check.
- To download new messages, tap Reload icon.
To read your email messages
- From your Home screen, tap Apps icon.
- Find and tap Email.
- If you are using several e-mail accounts, tap view icon at the top of the screen and select the account that you want to check. If you want to check all your email accounts at once, tap Combined view.
- In the e-mail inbox, scroll up or down and tap the e-mail message that you want to read.
To create and send an email message
- From your Home screen, tap Apps icon, then find and tap Email.
- If you are using several e-mail accounts, tap view icon at the top of the screen and select the account that you want to use.
- Tap Edit text icon, then tap To and start typing the recipient’s name or email address, or tap Edit Contacts icon and select one or more recipients from your Contacts list.
- Enter the e-mail subject and message text, then tap Send mail icon.
To reply to an email message
- From your Home screen, tap Apps icon.
- Find and tap E-mail.
- In your e-mail inbox, find and tap the message that you want to reply to, then tap Reply or Reply all.
- Enter your reply, then tap Send mail icon.
To forward an email message
- From your Home screen, tap Apps icon.
- Find and tap Email.
- In your e-mail inbox, find and tap the message that you want to forward, then tap Forward.
- Tap To and enter the recipient’s e-mail address manually, or tap and select a recipient from your Contacts list.
- Enter your message text, then tap Send mail icon.
To view an email message attachment
- From your Home screen, tap Apps icon .
- Find and tap Email.
- Find and tap the e-mail message containing the attachment that you want to view. Email messages with attachments are indicated by attach icon.
- After the e-mail message opens, tap View.
To save a sender’s email address to your contacts
- From your Home screen, tap Apps icon.
- Find and tap Email.
- Find and tap a message in your e-mail inbox.
- Tap the name of the sender, then tap OK.
- Select an existing contact, or tap Create new contact.
- Edit the contact information, if desired, then tap Done.
Email preview pane
- A preview pane is available for viewing and reading your e-mail messages in landscape orientation. Once activated, you can use it to view both the e-mail message list and one selected e-mail message at the same time.
To activate the preview pane
- From your Home screen, tap Apps icon, then find and tap Email.
- Press Menu icon, then tap Settings.
- Tap General > Preview pane > Landscape.
To read email messages using the preview pane
- Make sure the preview pane has been activated for landscape orientation.
- Open your e-mail inbox, then hold your device in landscape orientation.
- Scroll up or down and tap the e-mail message that you want to read.
- To view the e-mail message in fullscreen format, tap the split bar (located between the email list and the e-mail body). To return to the regular inbox view, tap the split bar again
