Send email in Mail on iPad

In the Mail app , you can write and edit email from any of your email accounts.

The Mail Inbox, with the list of emails on the left, and an open email thread on the right. The Mailboxes button for switching to another mailbox is in the top-left corner. The button for filtering the emails so only certain kinds of emails show is in the bottom-left corner. The button for composing a new email is in the top-right corner.

Write an email message

Tap .
Tap in the email, then type your message.
With the onscreen keyboard, you can tap individual keys. Or pinch closed with three fingers to use the smaller QuickType keyboard, then slide your finger from one letter to the next, lifting your finger only after each word.
To change the formatting, tap above the keyboard.
You can change the font style and color of text, use a bold or italic style, add a bulleted or numbered list, and more.

Add recipients

Tap the To field, then type the names of the recipients.
As you type, Mail automatically suggests people from your Contacts, along with email addresses for people who have more than one email address.
You can also tap to open Contacts and add recipients from there.
If you want to send a copy to other people, tap the Cc/Bcc field, then do any of the following:
- Tap the Cc field, then enter the names of the people you want to send a copy to.
- Tap the Bcc field, then enter the names of the people whose names you don’t want other recipients to see.

Capture an email address from a photo

You can use Live Text to interact with an email address printed on a business card, poster, and more using the Photos app on iPad. This allows you to quickly begin emails without entering an address manually.

Open a photo in the Photos app, then tap the email address you want to capture.
After the yellow frame appears around detected text, tap .
Tap or use the grab points to select the email address, then tap New Mail Message.

Tip: You can use the same Live Text feature to capture an email address using the Camera app. See Use Live Text with the iPad camera.

Automatically send a copy to yourself

Go to Settings > Mail, then turn on Always Bcc Myself (below Composing).

Send an email from a different account

If you have more than one email account, you can specify which account to send email from.

In your email draft, tap the Cc/Bcc, From field.
Tap the From field, then choose an account.

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