POP3 email account and wand
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brightandsparkling last edited by
Obviously the latest possible version of Opera that includes a built-in email client is Opera.12.
It had been released 3 years ago!I've installed Opera 12 on my laptop and it seems to come with everything I've wanted:
- POP3 email accounts
- auto-fill forms.
I was wondering why don't they have these features in the most recent Opera versions anymore?
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lando242 last edited by
Because they aren't used by the majority of users and require a lot of upkeep. In addition they built the new Opera on a different renderer and none of the previous code was compatible. So they would have had to re-program all of these little used features from scratch.
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brightandsparkling last edited by
Thank you, lando242!
For me these two are the best reasons to keep using Opera even when it was so slow and didn't work properly.
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chucker98 last edited by
But by going with Opera 12 you're going to discover an increasing number of websites that will no longer load correctly. In addition, there will be an increasing security risk involved. Is it really worth that risk and that inconvenience?
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A Former User last edited by
Well, O.K. - I can't hope that Opera Mail isn't a jive. Since it's (http://www.opera.com/computer/mail) still there this induces cognitive dissonance. Overcoming that, I can try accepting that Opera Mail is abandonware. Thunderbird https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/ isn't abandonware, but it doesn't import from Opera Mail. Maybe I'll just Outlook Express all my old email into oblivion as a much quicker solution than figuring an import method.
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A Former User last edited by
I am bitching about yet another email program's demise - the death of opera mail. Bitch bitch bitch.
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lando242 last edited by
Dedicated email programs are dieing. Just like instant messaging programs and download managers. There isn't much need for them anymore. Even Microsoft Outlook is losing market share to web based email.
