Go to email app from the home screen of your iPhone. You will see your inbox. Tap on Mailboxes you will see VIP as the second option Tap on it You will see VIP list and a button Add VIP tap on it. You will be redirected to your contacts from your contact list you can add any contact with an email address to this list. After adding an address to your VIP list you will see a button of VIP Alerts tap on it you will notifications and banner settings for VIP emails. By default you will see temporary banners but it is recommended to set persistent alerts for critically important emails. After configuring these settings you will get alerts and notifications for your important emails. This is how now you will never miss your important emails.
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Next time, if you want to exclude someone from VIP list or if you want to add more contacts to VIP List then here is how you can do this.
Go to Mailboxes near VIP folder you will see i button next to VIP folder tap on it to exclude someone from VIP list tap on Edit given at the top right corner now you can exclude a contact by tapping on – icon. If you want to add more people to VIP list then you can tap on Add VIP button given at the bottom.+
This is how now you will never miss your important emails and this solves the real purpose of configuring your email on your iPhone. You can also quickly Archive or Flag any email by dragging its banner.
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