Opera Mail Help

Messages

Messages are organized into "views", listed under their respective category heading. Press Tab to cycle through categories (and the message view). Use the up and down arrow keys to select views and press Enter to display the view's contents. Press j to navigate through messages inside a view and Enter on a highlighted message to display it in its own tab.

Writing messages

Reading messages

New messages

Read messages

Search messages

Pin messages

To “pin” an important message, click the “Pin” button at the top-right of the message, or click the dot or arrow next to the message in the message list view. Pinned messages are shown under the “Pinned” category header, so you can find them quickly.

Delete messages

Sort messages

To sort listed messages, click the “Settings for this view” button at the top-right of the message list and choose an option.

Responding to messages

To respond to a message you received, you can use the message view toolbar to reply, forward, mark as read or spam, delete or label the message. Alternatively, you can rightCtrl-click the message in the message list view for more options.

“Quick Reply” helps you easily reply to messages by placing a message reply window directly below the message. To enable Quick Reply, click the “Default Mail Settings” button at the top-right of the message display and check the “Show Quick Reply” check box.

Customizing the Compose Message view

You can change the settings for the compose window to your preferred look and feel. By clicking the “Default Mail Settings” button at the top-right, you can choose the following options: