Opera 6.X Browser & E-Mail Setup

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The vast majority of the options that you will need are in the regular "Preferences" option just below the "Quick Preferences" option.

• Select "File."
• Select "Preferences."

When you open the preferences window for Opera, you will see the following page.

In the "Start" section you can set your "home page."

In the "Exit" section the last checkbox gives you the option to automatically disconnect from the Internet when you close your Opera program.

• Click on the "E-mail" option just below "Programs and paths" to setup your e-mail.

If you can't use Opera for e-mail (or don't want to) then choose your default e-mail client in the second option.

If you are going to use Opera for e-mail then do the following:

• Select the "Use Opera account" option.
• Click on the "New" button

• Name the account after your e-mail address.
• Your "Full name" can be a nickname or a fake name.
• In the e-mail address box Enter your full e-mail address.
• Put a checkmark in that last box for showing totals in the Hotlist. (This will tell you how many e-mails are in your mailboxes.)
• Click the "Servers" tab.

• In the Incoming section enter the name of your mail server.

(example: if your email address is elf@southpole.com your mail server would be mail.southpole.com).

• Set the "Protocol" to "POP3."
• Make sure the "Port" is set to "110."
• In the "Username" box enter the part of your email address that comes before the '@' sign.

(Example: if your email address is elf@northpole.com your username would be elf.)

• Enter your password.
• In the outgoing section enter the same server name that you used for the incoming server.
• Select "SMTP" for the "Protocol."
• Make sure the port is set to "25."
• Click the "Incoming" tab.

• Select "Check for new e-mail every" and set it to "15" minutes.
• Select "Delete e-mail from server after retrieval."
• The remaining options are can be set to your needs.
• Click the "OK" button.