Navigating BlueMail: inbox, folders and swipes
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Menu names differ between software versions. If a path here does not match your phone, search your Settings app for the setting named in bold — it is the same setting under a different label.
BlueMail puts several accounts in one list and hides most of its actions behind swipes. Once those two ideas land, the rest of the app follows.
The Unified Inbox
Every account you add appears in one inbox, with a colour per account so you can see at a glance which address a message arrived at.
Change a colour in Settings → Accounts → the account → Account Color.
Finding your folders
Tap your account avatar at the top left to open the folder drawer.
Provider folders — Inbox, Drafts, Sent, Trash, Spam, Outbox, Archive — are listed first, then any folders you made yourself. Your own folders can be renamed, moved and deleted; the provider’s generally cannot, except through the provider.
With more than one account, Unified Folders show the same folder across all of them at once.
Swipe actions
Swiping a message in the list reveals its actions:
- Swipe right — Done, Reply Later, and More for the full list.
- Swipe left — Mark Read or Unread, Archive, Delete.
Both sides are configurable in Settings → Customize menus, so the two actions you use daily can be the two under your thumb.
Refreshing
Pull down on the message list to refresh it.
The Inbox syncs on its own; other folders generally sync when you open them, so a folder you rarely visit may take a moment to catch up.
Using BlueMail for other devices
Adding an account
Add a mail account in a few taps, or set the incoming and outgoing servers by hand when your provider is not on the list.
The basics
Composing, forwarding, archiving and deleting in BlueMail, and how to put the actions you use most where you can reach them.
Notification methods
BlueMail sets how each account checks for mail — Instant Push, Direct Push, Frequent Fetch, No Push or Manual — per account, in the app's own settings.
Signatures
Set a different signature per account, style it with fonts and colour, add a logo, and choose which emails it appears on.
Tasks and Reply Later
Mark an email Reply Today or Reply Later, find it again on the Tasks board, and mark it Done when it is handled.