Welcome to My Opera Mail beta

April 7, 2011 · by Espen André Øverdahl

From today, all My Opera accounts also have an @myopera.com e-mail address. You can try out our new mail service at https://mail.opera.com. Log in with the same user name and password you use for My Opera, Opera Link or Opera Unite.

Our goal is to make a fast and friendly mail service that is efficient and easy to use on any device, whether you prefer to access your e-mail from Opera Mini on a mobile phone, a tablet with touch interface or a desktop computer.

You can also access My Opera Mail from the messages icon on My Opera.

This is the first public release (beta) of the service. You can expect features to be refined and new ones to be added both during and after the beta period. Make sure you follow the My Opera Mail team blog for more updates.

My Opera Mail has been in closed beta for a few weeks already. Tamil posted an entire collection of screen shots. The best way to try it is to simply head over to https://mail.opera.com and try it for yourself!

Readers' comments 85

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TamilThursday, April 7, 2011 11:44:10 AM
Zdenko TimulakThursday, April 7, 2011 11:48:08 AM
I miss option to get back to my opera.
glacheThursday, April 7, 2011 11:53:08 AM
I'm assuming Opera Mail will be part of one of the drop down menus when we're logged in? @ Zdenko, just click the My Opera logo at the top LH corner.
agresiffThursday, April 7, 2011 11:54:14 AM
Michal HavelkaThursday, April 7, 2011 12:02:23 PM
Zdenko TimulakThursday, April 7, 2011 12:11:47 PM
Originally posted by glache:

Zdenko, just click the My Opera logo at the top LH corner.

but this is not working on contacts site. From mail site is all ok. Maybe it is just bug or it is not working on Opera 9.64 which i use at work, but i don't thing so.
Elige OperaThursday, April 7, 2011 12:17:49 PM
Opera never ceases to amaze me. Why I love both Opera
Knut Remi "DrLaunch" LøvliThursday, April 7, 2011 12:24:33 PM
Nice design . There's not much left for me to do though, as I've already archived the welcome message.
MariosThursday, April 7, 2011 12:24:39 PM
looks great and simple

but if i do not want my email be the same as my username? do i have to create a new account?
Julian Salas LópezThursday, April 7, 2011 12:33:15 PM
I think that gmail,hotmail, yahoo! and all the others should begin shaking!
SuntanaThursday, April 7, 2011 12:52:47 PM
Originally posted by Espen:

whether you prefer to access your e-mail from Opera Mini on

Yikes! I read that too fast and for a second or two, "Opera Mini on" looked like "Opera Minion."
t7yangThursday, April 7, 2011 1:09:10 PM
Gmail time to say...

Could specify the 「中文」（Chinese）→「簡體中文」（Simplified Chinese）
and would Opera Mail support Traditional Chinese future?
barbod1364Thursday, April 7, 2011 1:16:45 PM
i u O
(i love you Opera)
my life would suck without you
Operamini is our Hero

"But I think,
that there will be a lot of
spam. Everyone can guess
e-mail address and send
message to it."
Good point
Marek NowickiThursday, April 7, 2011 1:35:50 PM
Thank you! . But I think, that there will be a lot of spam. Everyone can guess e-mail address and send message to it. Another problem is with Opera - after adding IMAP account of myopera account to M2, two labels appear: hasnott, hasnotd. After deleting and checking for new e-mails, labels were back.
Johan BorgThursday, April 7, 2011 1:42:13 PM
@Marek: We think most e-mail addresses end up in the hands of spammers anyway, so I think of this as my public e-mail address, one where anyone can contact me (not just the spammers ). The problem with labels has been noted, thanks!
RijkThursday, April 7, 2011 2:00:46 PM
Originally posted by borg:

The problem with labels has been noted, thanks!
Yes, we've just fixed that in Opera's mail client, try the latest 11.10 snapshot
BS-HarouThursday, April 7, 2011 2:00:58 PM
Currently you cannot use mail.opera.com if you have a - in your username. We are working on this and hope to have it fixed shortly.

Any chance that this will be fixed soon?
HokkutThursday, April 7, 2011 2:03:27 PM
wow cool! but slowly fix it please
BS-HarouThursday, April 7, 2011 2:23:51 PM
btw, do you have someone working on Czech translation?
r13Thursday, April 7, 2011 2:24:39 PM
Indeed feels a lot faster than GMail, web.de and all the others I have used.

The only problem I see that keeps me from switching (now or later), is that I would have to create a new account to have [email protected]
tormenthorThursday, April 7, 2011 2:25:15 PM
interesting, let's see how it goes
LaczyiThursday, April 7, 2011 2:41:45 PM
Martin RauscherThursday, April 7, 2011 2:57:24 PM
Quota?
★(`'•.¸THAO¸.•'´)★Thursday, April 7, 2011 3:00:38 PM
ohh, i just read the same subject at the other page, now here so...copied again
"just a beta? so when is the official Opera mail? If Opera mail goes well, I will replace yahoo mail"
Charles SchlossThursday, April 7, 2011 3:14:14 PM
I like how it uses Html5
JoelThursday, April 7, 2011 3:14:49 PM
omG!
this is an excellent news!
amazing
Mohammad.RafiThursday, April 7, 2011 3:30:38 PM
The opera mail blog is a very quite
its amesing opera mail
MDDLMNThursday, April 7, 2011 4:02:30 PM
Will there be the option to use different aliases with Opera Mail?
I have been waiting along time for a good IMAP Mail service thats not from Google. But I find it important to have an official mail alias thats not pinkbunny88@whatever. I can't send a job application from a MDDLMN account.

And why no dots or dashes in the accountname?
TamilThursday, April 7, 2011 4:06:06 PM
Originally posted by MDDLMN:

And why no dots or dashes in the accountname?
http://my.opera.com/mailteam/blog/show.dml/28781762?startidx=0#comment58286162
supriatnaj supriatnaThursday, April 7, 2011 4:17:20 PM
i like this
NimeshThursday, April 7, 2011 4:20:45 PM
Awesome.....

But it's failing to load properly if translate extension is installed.
Disabled the extension and it loaded properly.
Ayesh IceThursday, April 7, 2011 4:36:18 PM
is this working on mobile users
d4rkn1ghtThursday, April 7, 2011 6:32:00 PM
This is awesome!
André KolbThursday, April 7, 2011 6:59:54 PM
excellent news! [2]
AbhinavThursday, April 7, 2011 7:38:45 PM

one doubt what about the fastmail.com or operamail.com ?
StanleyThursday, April 7, 2011 8:23:50 PM
i would like to know the strategy behind, why to have mail services
slackwrdaveFriday, April 8, 2011 1:49:21 AM
At last, an e-mail domain with CLASS!
WesleyFriday, April 8, 2011 2:30:47 AM
View headers option please. I need to be able to varify information for tracing reasons.
slackwrdaveFriday, April 8, 2011 2:33:49 AM
Originally posted by techwg:

View headers option please

It's there. Select the little down arrow in the upper right, then "show original".

I like headers, too.
WesleyFriday, April 8, 2011 2:40:17 AM
ok thanks. I guess I was not accurate enough clicking it. I thought every time I hit that arrow that it shrunk the window of the email message. I think maybe it should be a javascript or css menu or something, it is a bit difficult to be accurate.
Cutting SpoonFriday, April 8, 2011 5:13:53 AM
At a glance, it looks great! Works fast and I was already signed in!! This unified login work is paying dividends. Will definitely play with this mail account and the fresh 11.10 build; now I need to test both GMail and My.Opera.....
yousafFriday, April 8, 2011 5:22:09 AM
speedy and simple interface.

One thing is missing how much space it will offer ?
JoelFriday, April 8, 2011 6:20:35 AM
Originally posted by yousaf465:

One thing is missing how much space it will offer ?

1GB

http://my.opera.com/mailteam/blog/welcome-to-my-opera-mail?startidx=0#comment58287472
Prince HenryFriday, April 8, 2011 7:23:32 AM
Mail mail mail! Privacy intrusion! We want more protection!
Thu WinFriday, April 8, 2011 8:27:32 AM
Why can't I sign in? It won't go to inbox page.

Is using pop3 to fetch email from my opera account enough grounds for my account to stay active? Plus what is the storage limit for the account?
Thu WinFriday, April 8, 2011 8:36:51 AM
Google is offering 7 gb, yahoo unlimited and hotmail 5 gb. Opera got to play catchup in that aspect. I am currently use gmail. Plus speed of loading is also affected by download times. With 1 mb download speed there won't be much difference for me.
Also how about compatibility? Will it work with older browser (might I say ie6 or ie7 found on most library pcs) for example when I'm on the go.
inDigazzZFriday, April 8, 2011 9:23:42 AM
Choose Opera is flashing while scroling...
RC2
Johan BorgFriday, April 8, 2011 9:37:18 AM
Originally posted by wikipedian:

Google is offering 7 gb, yahoo unlimited and hotmail 5 gb. Opera got to play catchup in that aspect.

We're starting with 1GB for now, will certainly increase. We didn't want to have all sorts of silly rules in order to offer "unlimited" storage, but expect it to grow significantly over time.
Originally posted by wikipedian:

Also how about compatibility? Will it work with older browser (might I say ie6 or ie7 found on most library pcs) for example when I'm on the go.

Try it out and report problems back to us if you find any, we want to have a wide coverage. IE6/7 get a simpler interface than the rest.
Thu WinFriday, April 8, 2011 10:30:40 AM
My opera account is not logging into the web mail
nightweelsFriday, April 8, 2011 11:41:57 AM
just click on my opera logo in the upper left side