# Funny thing about Opera (browser) email

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-opera-browser-email/484121>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 2, 2009, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-opera-browser-email/484121 "2009-02-02T14:31:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-opera-browser-email/484121/1 "2009-02-02T14:31:25Z")

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I am giving the browser a try and activated my G-mail account in it.

Then the g-mails started pouring in — from 2006 onward!  
I’ve spent some time manually deleting but it’s hopeless!

I have no idea why Opera does this. Do you?

Any suggestions about the mail itself? Let it be. Delete? It’s  
not on my HD, is it?

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-opera-browser-email/484121/2 "2009-02-02T15:59:18Z")

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Probably using POP3. That will download all e-mails in your inbox to your computer. It sometimes deletes it from the server, too, though I don’t think that’s the default for Opera (it is for Outlook Express, so beware).

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**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-opera-browser-email/484121/3 "2009-02-02T23:08:01Z")

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I used to love Opera’s email client, but Gmail obsoleted it. Look into Gmail’s new offline mode - it’s the best of both worlds.

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**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-opera-browser-email/484121/4 "2009-02-02T23:26:53Z")

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I deleted the browser entirely.

Thanks for the information.