[OPERA MAIL] Is this product discontinued?
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linguaoccultus last edited by
Thanks a lot for all the suggestion; most of them were already known to me, but i liked Opera Mail a lot. However, the tons of bugs are really a problem! -.- And since no one knows more about the development question and Opera Software keeps telling us nothing, what are you guys experiences with the lesser known mail clients like "The Bat" and such? There are still several out there but it mostly is better to ask the user instead of reading just an applications description. Maybe anything lightweight and simple but with all the essential features like Opera Mail? Who uses what and why?
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blackbird71 last edited byThanks a lot for all the suggestion; most of them were already known to me, but i liked Opera Mail a lot. However, the tons of bugs are really a problem! -.- And since no one knows more about the development question and Opera Software keeps telling us nothing, what are you guys experiences with the lesser known mail clients like "The Bat" and such? There are still several out there but it mostly is better to ask the user instead of reading just an applications description. Maybe anything lightweight and simple but with all the essential features like Opera Mail? Who uses what and why?
One good thing about eMail software is that it doesn't change much, if at all. My own eMail software (Pocomail) works superbly, yet it hasn't been updated since 2009 and is no longer available - but it works just fine, and I expect it to for years to come.
I'd suggest downloading and trying out several brands... The Bat, Thunderbird, and Pegasus are all good candidates if you really want to replace Opera. But Opera itself is hard to beat as well, for that matter - particularly if you use the original one built into a Presto browser, rather than the stand-alone M2 version that seems to have developed some hiccups/limitations resulting from the break-out. Even if you never use the browser portion again or if it gets totally obsoleted, the eMail part of it will run just fine, probably forever. Since you've liked using it in the past, why change? Just go back to using the eMail part of your old Opera browser.
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
what are you guys experiences with the lesser known mail clients
I like Sylpheed a lot. I don't use it myself because it's missing a few IMAP features that I like (IDLE for example). There's Claws Mail too, which is based on Sylpheed.
Mulberry is a great IMAP client. But, it's pretty old, no longer maintained, and its preferences UI is a mess.
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Deleted User last edited by
So, just to be clear, it is possible to have Opera 12.XX and Opera 20+ installed at the same time, on the same computer, with no partitions? Other than the default programs suggestion from burnout, is there anything else I need to know about running both at the same time?
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stng last edited by
Standalone Opera mail is a dead application. It's nothing more than stipped down Opera 12 browser. They even threw away the mouse gesture support (i think that customizable gestures is one of the most useful features in Opera mail). There are ZERO improvements over integrated mail-client in Opera Presto. I rather use original Opera browser with integrated mail client(the greatest all-in-one internet suite ever developed), not this abnormation.
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A Former User last edited by
Agreed. There is nothing to gain from installing the standalone mail client — just use the Old Opera version for mail even if you use the new one for browsing.
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linguaoccultus last edited by
@sydneyneto: This program has SO many bugs, it nearly is senseless to try to fix them!
However, i have your solution from the expired forums (i guess):This registry entries connect Opera Mail with the corresponding protocols like it should do by itself:
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\OperaMail.protocol]
@="OperaMail.protocol"[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\OperaMail.protocol\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\Program Files (x86)\Opera Mail\operamail.exe,0"[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\OperaMail.protocol\shell]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\OperaMail.protocol\shell\open]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\OperaMail.protocol\shell\open\command]
@=""C:\Program Files (x86)\Opera Mail\operamail.exe" "%1""
If you don't like it's wrongly set name, use:
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\OperaMail\Capabilities"
and edit the "ApplicationName" freely.
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linguaoccultus last edited by
To all the other guys: thanks for the suggestions!
I will make a list of it and have a look at all of them. However, i use the standalone Opera Mail because is use the Blink-Opera and using more than one browser together can be troublesome at times (and i don't need two browsers but one mail application ^^). However, i understood your suggestion and will keep it in mind also. Thanks a lot so far!
