On my iPhone, I have multiple email accounts: one
for Gmail, one for Hotmail, and one for Outlook.com. I would like to control
the order in which they display on my phone. In addition, I have multiple
folders in some accounts and would like them to display as if they were
mailboxes, at the top level in the Mail app. Is there any way to control the
display of these mailboxes in the IOS Mail application?
The Mail application in iOS is quite
flexible, and it can do all you request, and more. First, let’s step back: I’m
guessing that a lot of readers didn’t even realize that the Mail app supported
multiple concurrent email accounts. I’m guessing a lot of readers might not
realize that one can even have multiple email accounts: Doug and Ken each have
quite a few, for various parts of their lives (work, personal, outside
activities, and so on), and it’s a common behavior.
Note: Some of the steps and
features that follow require a modern version of iOS—we have iOS 9 installed,
and we can only refer to that particular version.
In iOS, you can add as many email
accounts as you like by opening the Settings app, and selecting Mail, Contacts
and Calendars. Select Add Account, and you can specify the specifics for (in
iOS 9, at least) iCloud, Exchange, Google, Yahoo, AOL and Outlook.com email
accounts. If your email doesn’t meet any of these basic types, you can select
Other to supply the details for your particular mail servers.
Once you have specified all your
email accounts, iOS Mail displays them in the order you added them, which may
not meet your needs. In the Mail application, you’ll see a list of mailboxes.
Select the Edit link in the upper-right corner, and you’ll be able to select or
deselect any existing mailbox (effectively showing or hiding the particular
mailbox in the Mail app). In addition, you can tap and hold the three gray
lines next to any mailbox, and drag the mailbox up or down in the list—this
step controls the order in which the mailboxes appear in the list.
If you want to treat a folder
within a mailbox as a top-level mailbox, while you’re editing mailboxes, select
the Add Mailbox… link at the bottom of the list. This allows you to select a
top-level mailbox, and then a folder within that mailbox. Click Done twice, and
now your folder appears in the list of mailboxes at the top level. You can show
or hide it, or move it around in the list, just like any other top-level
mailbox. (You’ll also find other useful “virtual” mailboxes in the list, like
Today, Flagged, Unread, and more. Select any of these to display it, and see
what information it contains.)
The iOS Mailbox app is highly
configurable. It doesn’t have all the “bells and whistles” you might find in
other third-party applications, but it does its job and does it well. For more
information, check out the article here: http://osxdaily.com/2012/10/06/rearrange-order-mailboxes-ios/.
http://www.theinstructional.com/guides/mailbox-folder-management-ios-mail
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