Reply to and forward emails in Mail on iPad

With the Mail app , you can reply to and forward emails.

Reply to an email

Tap in the email, then do one of the following:
- Reply to just the sender: Tap .
- Reply to the sender and the other recipients: Tap .
Type your response, then tap to send.

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, cut, copy, and paste text on iPad.)
Tap , tap Reply, then type your message.

Note: To turn off the indentation of quoted text, go to Settings > Mail > Increase Quote Level (below Composing), then turn off Increase Quote Level.

Forward an email

You can send an email forward to new recipients.

Tap in the email, then tap .
If there are attachments in the original email—like photos or documents—you can decide whether to include them in the forwarded email. Choose Include or Don’t Include.
Enter the email addresses of the new recipients.
Tap in the email, then type your response. The forwarded message appears below.

Follow up on emails

If you send a message and don’t receive a response for several days, the email automatically moves back to the top of your inbox to help you remember to follow up.

To turn off follow-up suggestions, go to Settings > Mail.

Set up an automatic reply in Mail

On iCloud.com, you can set up an automatic reply to respond to incoming email messages or automatically forward messages to another inbox. See Set up an automatic reply in Mail on iCloud.com.

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