Email and Messaging

How to Set Notifications for Specific Email Threads in iOS 8

With the amount of emails and spam received these days, it's tempting to just turn off notifications and deal with them later, en masse, rather than listen to your iPhone buzz or chime every two minutes. That's not really an option though, if you are waiting for an important email. A handy new feature in iOS 8 Mail allows you to set a notification for specific email threads, so while the unimportant stuff comes in quietly, you'll be notified when that email from your spouse, boss, Nobel Committee, etc. arrives. Here's how to set it up:

1. First off, this is all for nothing if you don't change your notification settings - there's no point if you have your email accounts' alerts set to the same thing as your thread notifications' alerts. So head to Settings -> Notifications -> Mail.

2. You want to allow notifications, so keep that on. Tap on your individual email accounts to change their notifications. You can change the notification sound, turn off badges, allow on lock screen and more. The important thing is just to have it different from your Thread Notifications settings. I have mine set to only badges.

How to set notifications for email threads in iOS 8

How to Set VIP Email Alerts in iOS 8

If you don't want your iPhone incessantly beeping and buzzing all day long from unsolicited or unimportant emails, you may consider turning off Mail notifications. But then you will miss the ones that might be important from, say, your significant other, kids, parents, boss, etc. iOS 8 allows you to assign VIP status to your contacts, which lets you set notifications just for them. Here's how to do it:

1. To designate a contact as a VIP, go to your Mail app and tap on the VIP mail box.

How to set email VIPs in iOS 8 Mail

2. Select "Add VIP," which will allow you to choose from your contacts (Note: their contact info must contain an email address).

Why does it say "Unable to move message to trash" when I try to delete an email in iOS 8?

This happens when you don't have your Deleted Mailbox set to Trash. Here's how you set it properly in iOS 8 (and some previous iOS's):

1. Head to Settings -> Mail, Contacts, Calendar and tap on the email account you want to fix.

2. Tap on "Account."

3. Scroll down to "Advanced" and tap on it.

4. On this page, make sure "Deleted Mailbox" is set to Trash. If not, tap on it.

How do I keep / delete text voice messages in iOS 8?

Being able to send voice messages in iOS 8 is a great alternative to Voice Mail, but how do you keep the messages that you love if they disappear in 30 days? You can simply tap the "Keep" button under the individual message or go to Settings > Messages > Keep Messages and select "Forever" to keep all the voice messages you receive.

Why do I get two message threads for one group message in iOS 8?

Some iPhone users are reporting a bug in iOS 8 that causes them to receive two messages for one group thread. For example, you have a group titled "Soccer Moms" with six contacts assigned to that group. Five of those user's texts are delivered via the group thread but 1 is delivered via a separate thread / text window. This is just one of many confusing problems plaguing Apple's new iOS 8 group messaging features.

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