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Write an email in Mail on iPhone

With the Mail app , you can write and edit emails, and send and receive photos, videos, drawings, documents, and more.

The Inbox, showing a list of emails. The Mailboxes button for switching to another mailbox is in the top-left corner. The Edit button for deleting, moving, or marking emails is in the top-right corner. The button for filtering emails so only certain kinds of emails show is in the bottom-left corner. The button for composing a new email is in the bottom-right corner

Create an email message

Ask Siri. Say something like: “New email to John Bishop” or “Email Simon and say I got the forms, thanks.” Learn how to ask Siri.

Or do the following:

Tap .
Tap in the email, then type your message.
With the onscreen keyboard, you can tap individual keys or slide your finger from one letter to the next to type without lifting your finger. (See Enter text using the onscreen keyboard.)
To change the formatting, tap in the format bar above the keyboard, then tap .
You can change the font style, change the color of text, use a bold or italic stye, add a bulleted or numbered list, and more.

Reply to an email

Tap in the email, tap , then tap Reply.
Type your response.
With the onscreen keyboard, you can tap individual keys or slide your finger from one letter to the next to type without lifting your finger. (See Enter text using the onscreen keyboard.)

Quote some text when you reply to an email

When you reply to an email, you can include text from the sender to clarify what you’re responding to.

In the sender’s email, touch and hold the first word of the text, then drag to the last word. (See Select and revise text.)
Tap , tap Reply, then type your message.

To turn off the indentation of quoted text, go to Settings > Mail > Increase Quote Level.

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