# Fucking OPERA browser pop-up box!!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-opera-browser-pop-up-box/216458>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [December 2, 2003, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-opera-browser-pop-up-box/216458 "2003-12-02T06:33:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![xtian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/b487fb/32.png) [@xtian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtian)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-opera-browser-pop-up-box/216458/1 "2003-12-02T06:33:13Z")

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I always get this fuckin GENERIC ERROR pop-up box each time I open Opera browser. This thing pops up every five minutes and it makes me sick and tired just trying to get rid of it. The following message appears:

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[khriz@lycos.com](mailto:khriz@lycos.com)  
POP3 server unavailable. Network problems? ([null?])

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```
                                                         OK - CANCEL - HELP

```

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The email field is my officemate’s, which he checked out LAST WEEK!! After that, the box kept on popping out every five minutes!@!#!, annoying the hell out of me!!! The options below (OK-CANCEL-HELP) are not much of a help since it looks like these are nothing but plain stupid props.

Anyone out there who knows how to fix this fuckin Opera browser bug? Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-opera-browser-pop-up-box/216458/2 "2003-12-02T06:45:58Z")

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Go to Mail and Manage Accounts. You can delete your friend’s account from the screen there (unless I’m misunderstanding the situation).

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**Author:** ![Nurobath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a88e57/32.png) [@Nurobath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nurobath)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-opera-browser-pop-up-box/216458/3 "2003-12-02T07:10:28Z")

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I used to get that error all the time and it drove me nuts. Deleting the account information didn’t work for me but upgrading to a newer version solved the problem. I’m currently using version 7.11

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**Author:** ![xtian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/b487fb/32.png) [@xtian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtian)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-opera-browser-pop-up-box/216458/4 "2003-12-02T07:32:28Z")

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It worked! Thanks!!!