# Question regarding Opera's email program and Hotmail

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-operas-email-program-and-hotmail/200669>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 10, 2003, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-operas-email-program-and-hotmail/200669 "2003-09-10T02:48:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![lilbtagna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@lilbtagna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilbtagna)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-operas-email-program-and-hotmail/200669/1 "2003-09-10T02:48:52Z")

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I recently installed the Opera browser and have fallen in love with it. However, I can’t figure out how to get my email to work using its built-in program.

I have a free hotmail account and have tried to set the servers in my options, but it keeps saying that I can’t connect to the server. I think I’m probably entering the wrong names or addresses for the Hotmail servers, but I can’t figure out what they are or what to do now.

So for now, it looks like I’m stuck using Outlook. I’d like to be able to use Opera though, becuase it’s so much more convenient. Any ideas, thoughts, or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-operas-email-program-and-hotmail/200669/2 "2003-09-10T02:55:53Z")

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Hotmail is not POP3 so you cannot use Opera for Hotmail AFAIK. Only Outlook Express will do it.