Each email account you set up on your iPad contains multiple folders for storing messages. When you receive messages, they get stored in the Inbox folder. If you have set up multiple email accounts, you'll need to choose the email account to use and then choose the Inbox folder to view your messages.
To read your messages stored in an email account, follow these steps:
From the Home screen, tap Mail. The Mail screen appears, displaying what you last viewed.
Tap the Back button that appears in the upper-left corner of the screen. If you have set up multiple email accounts, a list of your email accounts appears.
(Optional) Tap the email account that you want to use. If you have set up only one email account, you can skip this step.
Tap the message you want to read. Your message appears in the right pane of the screen, as shown in Figure 17-1.