E-mail account properties
The account properties dialog box contains all the information about the account you're in. It is accessed through
righ-clicking on the left hand side e-mail-pane and selecting "Properties" from the right-click menu.
Account
In this part of the e-mail account properties dialog box, you'll first be presented with basic setting in the
"Basics" part of the "Account" tab:
Account name
The name of the account, which you choose.
Full name
Your full name which will appear as the sender to those receiving e-mail from you.
E-mail address
Your e-mail address.
Organization
The organization you belong to, if applicable.
Reply-To
If used, the address in this field will give the recipients of your e-mail this address
in their "To:" field when replying to your e-mails.
Servers
The next tab, "Servers", contains all the information that is necessary in order to receive e-mail
from the e-mail server. In order to receive e-mail, you'll have to configure both the "Incoming" and
the "Outgoing" parts of this menu.
Incoming
The server for incoming mail is often referred to as the "POP" or the "Post Office Protocol" server,
though it is not always of this type. Your Internet Service Provider or your System Administrator provides the information you need to have when configuring this part of the menu. You'll need to know the following:
Server
The URL to the server.
Type
The type of server this server is. This is set to POP by default, because this is the most likely type of server.
Port
The port number for the server. If you don't know this, leave it at its default "110".
Login
The Login or User name. Often, this is what is placed in front of the "@" sign in your e-mail address.
Password
The password for the account. Note that this is shown as stars when being typed for security reasons.
Outgoing
Conversely, the server for outgoing mail is often referred to as the "SMTP" or "Simple Mail Transfer Protocol"
server, though, as with the server for incoming mail, this is not always the type it needs to be. Again, the
information you need to have when configuring this part of the menu is provided to you by your Internet Service
Provider or your System Administrator. You'll need to know the following:
Server
The URL to the server.
Type
The type of server this server is. This is set to SMTP by default, because this is the most likely type of server.
Port
The port number for the server. If you don't know this, leave it at its default "25".
Incoming
Opera is configured to perform a number of standard e-mail tasks when connecting to the e-mail server and
downloading the e-mail. This part of the menu contains the information on this automation and also the settings
for the password for connecting to the server.
Automation
The settings here are performed automatically when Opera connects to the incoming e-mail server to receive
e-mail. They can be toggled on and off here.
Check for e-mail every xx seconds
The "xx" refers to the
interval of time you can set Opera to check the server on. This is set to 0 (zero) by default, but if used should be
set to anything between 5 minutes and half an hour, i.e. 30 minutes.
If e-mail is bigger than xx K, fetch only first
yy lines
Receiving huge e-mails can be a slow task even on the fastest of connections. That is why Opera
allows you to set it to check the size of the individual e-mails you are about to receive, and, if the e-mail is bigger than
the "xx" allowed size, instead simply receive the first "yy" lines of the text.
Delete e-mail from server after received
Checking this box will remove the received e-mail
from the incoming e-mail server so as to not allow duplicates on the server.
Delete e-mail from server after xx days
Here, you set how many
days the received e-mails should be allowed to reside on the server in the "xx" frame. The feature can also be toggled on
and off.
Mark e-mail as read after xx seconds
This is set to "5" by default,
but you can change it to whatever you wish. Many users prefer in between 8 and 10 seconds.
Delete e-mail from server when deleted from Trash
Enabling this feature will remove duplicate
e-mail messages from the server if their local dupes are in the Trash can when it's emptied.
Password
The password for the e-mail account is the most important piece of information you send over the wire to the e-mail
server. You can set Opera to handle the password settings in these ways:
- Store on disk
Opera will save the password on the local drive and retrieve it whenever it is necessary.
- Ask once per session
The default, this will have Opera demand the password once per session, meaning you can
check you e-mail as often as you wish within the current Opera session.
- Ask when checking e-mail
Whenever checking mail, you'll be prompted for the password.
- Expire xx minutes after checking
If you set it to this option, the affirmation of the
password will expire after the number of minutes you define in the "xx" box.
Outgoing
When sending e-mail, it is customary that the e-mailer will perform a number of actions with the e-mail going out. This
is the place in which you can select the actions.
Replying
Here, you can set Opera to place the cursor at the top of the e-mail, or, by unchecking the option, at the bottom, when
replying.
Formatting
Opera will word-wrap at the length of the sentence as you define it in the box. It is set to 60 by default.
Archiving
If enabled, this option will retain a copy of the e-mail you're sending out in the Outbox.
Queuing
Naturally, the internal Opera e-mailer will let you decide how to have the program handle the e-mails that
have been written in your preferred way.
Queue e-mail, rather than sending immediately
Most people, be they private users or commercial users, prefer not to send the e-mail as soon as it is finished, but keep it in the outbox until it's suitable to send the e-mail.
Send queued e-mail after checking e-mail
If checked, this option will make Opera check for and cumulatively collect e-mail from the incoming e-mail server before sending the e-mail through the outgoing e-mail server.
Signature
A signature in e-mail terms refers to the small piece of text you place at the bottom
of the e-mail as a small salute, or to make the recipient aware of the sender, or just simply putting your name as closure.
Opera handles signatures as external files.
In this part of the menu, you can enter the path to the signature file manually in the box, or you can use the "Browse..."
button to browse your way to it. Also note that you will have to check the box before attach signature to outgoing
e-mail, in order for Opera to activate the option. If you do not already have a signature file, you could create one
by clicking the "Edit" button, which will open a new text file for you to use.
Connection
In order to download e-mail from the server, a connection to the Internet is necessary. Opera can perform certain
actions on this connection, as most e-mail clients will.
Timeout
This is where you set how long Opera will try to establish a connection to the incoming e-mail server before the
browser gives up and times out.
Network open timeout xx seconds
Opera can be set to time out
upon first trying to establish a connection to the network. The "xx" box is set to 60 seconds by default.
Network timeout xx seconds
When Opera is connected, but does not
receive any information, the program can set the e-mail client to time out after the "xx" amount of time. 60 seconds
by default.
Hangup
When on a dial-up connection, it can be expensive to read and write your e-mail on-line, which is why it is customary to
have the e-mail client queue the e-mail until you choose to go on-line to send the already composed ones and fetch new
e-mail. When sending, the e-mail client will request a connection to the Internet from the operating system, which will
start the dialer, but in order to make sure you don't forget that there is a connection, you can set Opera to automatically
hang up for you after the transfer is over by checking the box at Hangup after receiving & sending
, for your convenience.
Warnings
Actually, "warnings" are much better than their name implies, and very good to have, because they warn you when you are
about to perform an action that may not be beneficial to you. If enabled, Opera will warn you on the below instances.
Deletion
The e-mailer will warn you before you delete these things:
Warn before deleting to Trash
By default, you'll be warned before deleting All e-mail, but you can also select this to apply
Unread e-mail, Queued e-mail and E-mail with
attachments, independent of or in together with the others.
Deleting items that are higher up in the hierarchy of the e-mail account will also give warning messages if set. Choose
between:
- Warn before deleting folders
- Warn before emptying Trash
- Warn before deleting account