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This tutorial was last updated for Opera 9.6.

Welcome to Opera Mail Basics

This is an introductory tutorial to help you use Opera Mail. This tutorial supports the summary information in Opera Help (F1) > E-mail and News, and provides more detailed information.

Opera Mail is an e-mail client and newsreader built-in to the Opera browser and uses:

  • POP3
  • IMAP
  • (E)SMTP
  • RSS (RDF Site Summary and Really Simple Syndication)
  • Atom, and
  • NNTP.

This tutorial shows you how Opera Mail is different to most other e-mail clients and how to use it efficiently to manage your messages automatically, leaving you time for more important things.

Table of contents

In this tutorial, we cover the following topics:

Getting started with Opera Mail

Handling received messages

Using filters to sort messages

Writing and sending messages

Using newsfeeds and newsgroups

Managing contacts

Customizing Opera Mail

Using advanced tips and trouble-shooting