How to set up the Opera Mail client
This article demonstrates how to set up Opera Mail to access an A2 Hosting e-mail account and send messages.
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This article assumes that you have already created at least one e-mail account for your domain. If you have not done this, please see this article to learn how to create an e-mail account using cPanel.
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This article also assumes that you have some basic familiarity with e-mail protocols (SMTP, IMAP, and POP). If you are unfamiliar with these protocols, please read this article first before you try to set up a client e-mail application.
How to set up Opera Mail
To configure Opera Mail to work with your A2 Hosting e-mail account, follow these steps:
- Start Opera Mail.
- If you are running Opera Mail for the first time, the New Account Wizard dialog box appears automatically. Otherwise, click Opera Mail in the top-left corner of the application window, click , and then click Add to start the New Account Wizard.
- Select Email, and then click Next.
- In the Real name text box, type the name that you want to appear on messages you send.
- In the Email address text box, type the e-mail address of the account you created in cPanel, and then click Next.
You can optionally specify an organization in the Organization text box.
- In the Login name text box, type the e-mail address of the account you created in cPanel.
- In the Password text box, type the password for the e-mail account you created in cPanel.
- Select the type of incoming mail server that you want to use:
- If you want to use POP, select Regular email (POP).
- If you want to use IMAP, select IMAP.
- Click Next.
In the Incoming server text box, type the A2 Hosting server name for your account, followed by one of the following:
- If you want to use POP, add :995 to the server name.
- If you want to use IMAP, add :993 to the server name.
For example, if your A2 Hosting server name is a2s87.a2hosting.com and you want to use IMAP, type a2s87.a2hosting.com:993.
For information about how to determine your account's server name, please see
this article.
- Select the Use secure connection (TLS) check box.
In the Outgoing server text box, type the A2 Hosting server name for your account, followed by :465. For example, if your A2 Hosting server name is a2s87.a2hosting.com, type a2s87.a2hosting.com:465.
For information about how to determine your account's server name, please see
this article.
- Select the Use secure connection (TLS) check box.
- Click Finish. Opera Mail downloads any messages in the account.
For more information about Opera Mail, please visit http://www.opera.com/computer/mail.