If you had disabled the mail client in Opera 7.xx...
Monday, 17. October 2005, 19:35:46
Opera 7.xx had an option in the Preferences dialog by which you could disable all the mail client functionality. If you had done that, and then installed Opera 8.xx on top of that Opera 7.xx installation, you cannot use the mail client at all. That means no mail, news or newsfeeds... 
The UI options to activate mail (e.g. under Tools > Mail and chat accounts) are unavailable, and there is no way through the UI to enable them.
Here is what you need to do:
If you have upgraded to Opera 9.xx and do not see the mail client, make sure to enable opera:config#UserPrefs|ShowE-mailClient and restart Opera.
This should make the mail client enabled again. Of course, till you set up an actual account, you still won't see any of the mail client UI elements. You can set up a mail, newsgroup or chat account through Tools > Mail and chat accounts or subscribe to a newsfeed by clicking on the feed icon in the address field.
The UI options to activate mail (e.g. under Tools > Mail and chat accounts) are unavailable, and there is no way through the UI to enable them.Here is what you need to do:
- Find the location of your profile\opera6.ini location in Help > About Opera (look for 'Preferences' there)
- Close Opera completely
- Edit this file in your favorite editor (e.g. Wordpad)
- Find the line that looks like "Show E-mail Client = 0"
- Delete this line
- Save your changes and exit
- Restart Opera
If you have upgraded to Opera 9.xx and do not see the mail client, make sure to enable opera:config#UserPrefs|ShowE-mailClient and restart Opera.
This should make the mail client enabled again. Of course, till you set up an actual account, you still won't see any of the mail client UI elements. You can set up a mail, newsgroup or chat account through Tools > Mail and chat accounts or subscribe to a newsfeed by clicking on the feed icon in the address field.
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yadavankur # 24. November 2005, 05:40
lovelysomu # 5. December 2006, 01:31
haha, now i can fool some of my friends, quite well!!