Learn how to setup GMail in Opera
GMail is a popular mail service. Many of you have an account, so our tutorial will learn you how to setup GMail and get all your emails in Opera Mail - our powerful built into email client.
All information in this tutorial is gathered from the fan driven website Opera Browser Wiki. It's a great resource to discover new things about Opera, so we highly recommend you bookmark this page (or at least give it a proper read through sometime). 
Let's get started:
- Log in to your GMail account. Once you're logged in, enable IMAP in Settings » Forwarding and POP/IMAP.
- Click on Tools (or O-Menu) in Opera and select Mail and Chat accounts.
- Click on Add » Email » Next » Enter your name and your Gmail address » Next » Enter your username (your GMail address) and Password. Click on Finish.
- Go back to Mail and Chat accounts and select the GMail you just configured. On the outgoing tab, set the default encoding to UTF-8. Click "Edit signature" and edit your signature.
- Congratulations, you are now done!
This is the basic configuration and GMail should now work in Opera. We recommend you check out the Opera Browser Wiki for tips and tricks how to further optimize and configure mail in Opera. 
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About this article
| Published in | Choose Opera |
|---|---|
| Date | January 5, 2011 |
| Author | Espen André Øverdahl |
| Tags | wiki, gmail, opera, mail |
| Original | Internet Archive |
TamilWednesday, January 5, 2011 8:47:29 AM
IKokeWednesday, January 5, 2011 8:52:08 AM
ytWednesday, January 5, 2011 8:54:00 AM
SushubhWednesday, January 5, 2011 8:54:56 AM
conversation view is sort of available through a threaded mode. but overall, i believe postbox does a much better job handling it.
vipin kumarWednesday, January 5, 2011 9:07:17 AM
Bogdan MoonfireWednesday, January 5, 2011 9:17:33 AM
ChristianWednesday, January 5, 2011 9:33:21 AM
a) close opera
b) edit C:\Program Files\Opera\defaults\webmailproviders.ini:
[Gmail]
ID=8
URL=https://mail.google.com/mail/?extsrc=mailto&url=%s
ICON=https://mail.google.com/favicon.ico
c) start opera and click on an email-adress and choose gmail in the box.
set & forget...
so you have all your emails on every internet-device
Sami SerolaWednesday, January 5, 2011 9:33:50 AM
DonaldXPWednesday, January 5, 2011 9:57:44 AM
Originally posted by moonfiremusic:
rightclick on the adressbar>Customize>Appearance
click the Buttons-tab,in Category choose "Mail" and drag'n drop the Mail-icon to your desired location.voila,Mail will open as a tab...
cheers
Artur „Jurgi” JurgawkaWednesday, January 5, 2011 10:30:56 AM
TamilWednesday, January 5, 2011 10:37:18 AM
Originally posted by Jurgi:
Ms4real malanWednesday, January 5, 2011 10:40:55 AM
John BarnettWednesday, January 5, 2011 11:16:11 AM
dogs1985Wednesday, January 5, 2011 12:03:46 PM
Richard OfosuheneWednesday, January 5, 2011 12:23:12 PM
PengeWednesday, January 5, 2011 12:47:46 PM
You have to uncheck the "All Mails" for prevent the mail duplication.
And you have to use the "Advanced IMAP Controls" Gmail Labs app to archive/trash/automatically expunge the delete mails which has "Deleted" flag set.
eonblueWednesday, January 5, 2011 12:59:06 PM
habib mhdWednesday, January 5, 2011 2:33:44 PM
Charles SchlossWednesday, January 5, 2011 2:47:24 PM
d4rkn1ghtWednesday, January 5, 2011 4:34:40 PM
Cutting SpoonWednesday, January 5, 2011 5:32:37 PM
Originally posted by Theriault:
Were you using the same skin in 10.6x? I have not had this problem, but I hear some older skins could break parts of Opera.
For those wanting one-click Mail access, follow these steps:
1) Keyboard [Shift-F12]
2) Tab {Buttons}
3) Pane (Mail)
4) Locate "Mail" button, and drag it to wherever you want it. I suggest tab-bar or status bar, but address bar should be okay.
5) Now when you click "Mail" button, it will open Mail tab and show Mail panel. When you click button again (or close Mail tab), the Mail panel will also close.
There are buttons for everything, including one-click Mail. I wish the button was shown in Mail/Chat setup, with mention that you could drag into UI for one-click access!
Aleksander AasWednesday, January 5, 2011 5:44:03 PM
KarenWednesday, January 5, 2011 8:42:50 PM
hundredorzeroWednesday, January 5, 2011 8:43:31 PM
Originally posted by John164:
There are a couple of workarounds to solve this problem. Visit the following link
http://operawiki.info/GmailIMAP
Currently i am using workaround option 2.
hundredorzeroWednesday, January 5, 2011 8:47:19 PM
Originally posted by Theriault:
Wrong tab is focused in the pic.
Cutting SpoonWednesday, January 5, 2011 9:03:57 PM
I don't really have an issue with duplicates because I do not use the All Messages pane in the Mail Panel.
Michael A. Puls IIThursday, January 6, 2011 2:12:24 AM
Originally posted by Theriault:
So, you're using "View -> Display -> list only" and double-left-clicking the entry in the Unread message list to open the message in a new tab? If so, there's a bug with that currently where bodies are blank. But, you should still see the To and Subject headers etc. in the new tab (unless you have them hidden). Judging by your pic, you may have a different problem though.Kelisha G FerdinandsThursday, January 6, 2011 3:46:40 PM
HadiFriday, January 7, 2011 3:12:34 AM
Originally posted by Kelisha:
good question...
Daniel BandaFriday, January 7, 2011 2:42:35 PM
techlawsamFriday, January 7, 2011 9:11:24 PM
Zdenko TimulakSaturday, January 8, 2011 8:25:49 AM
wil joannSaturday, January 8, 2011 3:47:22 PM
samuel offomataMonday, January 10, 2011 1:59:11 AM
Michael A. Puls IITuesday, January 11, 2011 12:12:47 PM
techlawsamTuesday, January 11, 2011 4:41:05 PM
Michael A. Puls IITuesday, January 11, 2011 4:53:16 PM
Originally posted by samMD:
That usually happens after a while if you use an update interval that's less than 10 minutes as Google considers that abuse.Also, sometimes it can happen if you drop to move thousands of messages at once.