Sorry Burnout it took so long to reply.

No problem. Thanks for the clarification.

I have one other problem with email which just occurred today -- it may have occurred b4 today but I just noticed it.
I have utilized many 'lablels' and in some cases they have 4-5 sub sets under a particular label. They are all expandable using the '+' sign. Labels are a wonderful Opera feature.
The problem is that whereas I once had a master label, I forget it's name, to which I could drag labels in order to have them sorted properly I currently do not have a master label which contains all labels within it.
Now if something gets out of order and perhaps becomes a subset of a equivalent level 'label' I have no master label to drag it to so it is reset in its proper order. Is there any way to create a new label which will be a super set of all the labels?

Having trouble visualizing exactly what you mean. But, I'll just explain how nesting works and you can take it from there.

In Opera, nesting of labels is only visual. A sub-label doesn't inherit rules of the parent or anything like that. So, you can drag a label in and out of another label without changing anything but its visual location. Also, dragging a message into a sub-label does not also add it to the parent label (or any of its ancestors). It just goes in that label.

So, you can just create a new master label and drag whatever labels you want into it.

However, you can simulate inheritance with rules. You set rules for a parent. Then, in the sub label/child, you set those rules again plus some other rules to further filter the results. Then, when a child pulls in messages, the parent will pull in those messages too (because it has a subset of the rules the child has).

Now, instead of repeating the parent's rules for each child's rules, there's a "match messages in" option in the properties of a label. You can set "match messages in" for a child to its parent so you don't have to repeat the parent's rules.

FYI though. Make sure "learn from labeled messages" is unchecked in all your labels unless you understand how that works and want learning.

But, even with all the rule inheritance, if you manually add a sub-label to a message, you'll want to manually add the sub-label's parent label to the message if you want it to show there also as Opera won't automatically add it for you.

Is there any way to edit posted comments? I noticed typos in the comment i just posted.'besty' should be 'busy' /* Philip */

Yes, within 30 minutes after it has been posted. Just click on the "tools" icon below your badges (or post count).

""Alt + P -> advanced -> toolbars". Switch to the "Opera Standard" toolbar and menu setups for a moment.

Click the wrench icon on the mail panel toolbar and choose "reset mail panel to defaults"."

Thanks for everything Burnout you are always a great help. I have one other problem with email which just occurred today -- it may have occurred b4 today but I just noticed it.

I have utilized many 'lablels' and in some cases they have 4-5 sub sets under a particular label. They are all expandable using the '+' sign. Labels are a wonderful Opera feature.
The problem is that whereas I once had a master label, I forget it's name, to which I could drag labels in order to have them sorted properly I currently do not have a master label which contains all labels within it.

Now if something gets out of order and perhaps becomes a subset of a equivalent level 'label' I have no master label to drag it to so it is reset in its proper order. Is there any way to create a new label which will be a super set of all the labels?

all my best to you and yours,
/* Philip */

"Alt + P -> advanced -> toolbars". Switch to the "Opera Standard" toolbar and menu setups for a moment.

Click the wrench icon on the mail panel toolbar and choose "reset mail panel to defaults".

That's all that should be needed if index.ini in the mail folder isn't messed up.

If index.ini in the mail folder is messed up, launch opera.exe with the -pd "path to a folder" switch (by modifying a shortcut if that's easier for you). In that Opera, create a dummy pop account (mail.example.com, test@example.com for the email address etc.) and then close Opera. In that folder's "mail" folder, take a look at index.ini and copy its category and indexes that define the "All Messages" access point and its views (any other default access points and views if necessary) to your index.ini (while Opera is closed) to repair your index.ini.

Or, replace your index.ini with a super-recent backup if you have one. Or, at least make sure the default categories are set to hidden in the file.

Just for good measure, before you do all of that above, you can download Opera again, launch the installer, click "options", make sure the "install path" is set to your Opera's program files folder and choose "upgrade". That should fix any corruption with Opera's program files.

Another things you can do is close down Opera and delete autosave.win in the sessions folder. Or, rename operaprefs.ini so Opera creates a new one.

Check accounts.ini in the mail folder though to make sure all of your accounts are still defined. Sounds like they are, but you can check for good measure.

If you get things working and you should back to your customized skin, toolbars and menus, then it's one of them.

I thought about clicking 'Reset etc' but was afraid that it would require going through all the options, settings, mail accounts, etc and therefore did not proceed.

Afaik it only resets your mail panel to default.

That's all that is there. I thought about clicking 'Reset etc' but was afraid that it would require going through all the options, settings, mail accounts, etc and therefore did not proceed.

Thanks again,
/* Philip */

Can you find the icon just above the number 2094 (which is your 'label' total), which looks like a paintbrush with blue, red, green dots above it and a green down arrow to its right ?.

Clicking it should bring up a menu with a list of items similar to the ones below, does it ?.

Account Name (This one will be different for you.)

All Messages

Mailing Lists

Followed Contacts

Followed Threads

Labels

Attachments

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