To learn more about Opera Mail, read through the FAQs below, or use the links to go to detailed information.
Opera Mail is the Opera desktop browser’s built-in email client. It supports the latest protocols for email retrieval, such as POP3, IMAP, (E)SMTP, and NNTP.
Yes, Opera Mail is part of the Opera desktop browser, which is completely free.
You need to install the Opera desktop browser to use Opera Mail. Download it here. If you are already using the Opera desktop browser, then just visit our Getting started section to find out how to set up your email service with Opera Mail.
You can use most email services that offer either POP or IMAP access to your inbox, for example, FastMail.FM, Gmail, Yahoo, and AOL.
Low bandwidth mode is a setting that uses as little bandwidth as possible. For POP, this means that Opera Mail does not fetch more than the first 100 lines of a message unless requested. For IMAP, Opera Mail only synchronizes new messages and does not fetch attachments unless requested. To use this mode:
Opera Mail uses a new approach to sort and organise your messages. Instead of the traditional folders, Opera Mail uses more flexible and intelligent “views” and “labels”.
Views are like tags, or search results based on certain search criteria. Opera Mail’s default views automatically display emails of a similar type, such as emails:
This means that one email can be automatically displayed in a number of views without being copied or moved, if it matches different criteria. For example, a message that is part of a thread you have participated in, and that also has a document attached to it, appears under the Received, Active contacts, Active threads, and Attachments views.
You can also create your own views, called “labels”, to automatically sort your messages into more categories than just the default views. For example, you can create a label for messages on a particular subject or from a group of people. You can set rules to automatically sort messages or you can drag-and-drop messages into different labels, to use it like a more traditional folder tree, if you like.
Opera Mail also filters out junk mail (spam), and you can train the spam filter based on your preferences.
Maximize your output by familiarizing yourself with the default set of handy keyboard shortcuts you can use with Opera Mail.
For more information about using Opera Mail, see our in-depth Opera Mail tutorial.
Go to the Opera mail, chat and news forum to chat with others, provide feedback, or ask questions about Opera Mail.
Help us make Opera Mail better than ever. If you have a problem with Opera Mail, submitting a bug report will make sure that we can investigate and resolve it.