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Opera lets you surf the Internet in a safer, faster, and easier way. One of the most full-featured Internet power tools on the market, it includes pop-up blocking, tabbed browsing, integrated searches, and advanced functions like Opera's groundbreaking E-mail program, RSS Newsfeeds and IRC chat. You can customize the look and content of your browser with a few clicks of the mouse.

On this page, you'll find answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) concerning the Opera browser. Some answers and tips apply only to Opera for openSUSE while others apply to all or most Opera versions.

Opera Desktop Team Blog

http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/

The Weekly Builds:

Every week until the final version of Opera is ready, they intend to ship a weekly updated version of Opera on this blog.

The Weekly Builds are snapshots, they are not as thoroughly tested as a Technology Preview or a Public Beta. You should only use these builds if you are not afraid of losing data (e-mail, bookmarks, anything) or crashing your computer.

Download Tips for ....

openSUSE 10.0, 10.1, 10.2 you need to download the Intel Linux *.6-shared-qt Version!

SuSE 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 you need to download the Intel Linux *.5-shared-qt Version!

SuSE 7.x, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2 you need to download the Intel Linux *.1-static-qt Version!

Setting up Opera to use proxy servers

Proxy servers collect information from the Internet and store it locally until you view it. In order to work correctly, and in some cases to allow Internet access at all, proxy servers must be properly set up. This applies to all programs that use such servers.

Proxy server settings are found in Tools > Preferences > Advanced > Network (Mac: Opera > Preferences > Advanced > Network). Click the "Proxy servers" button to open the proxy settings dialog. Adding proxy servers manually

Your service provider or network administrator should have provided you with the necessary server names and port numbers. If not, please contact the appropriate party and ask them for such information.

Tick the checkboxes for the protocols you want to use a proxy for and enter the proxy server hostname or IP address in the text field to the right of the protocol name (HTTP, HTTPS...). To the right of the protocols there is a box available for the port number. [v] HTTP [ proxy.proxyexample.com ] Port [8080]

or [v] HTTP [ 123.45.67.89 ] Port [8080]

These are the supported proxy protocols:

HTTP: for HTTP servers (ordinary Web sites)

HTTPS: for secure documents (use only when behind a firewall)

FTP: for FTP files

Gopher: required if you want to access gopher servers

WAIS: required if you want to access WAIS servers

HTTP 1.1 for proxies

Because too many proxies break when using HTTP 1.1, Opera defaults to HTTP 1.0 for proxies. If your proxy can handle HTTP 1.1 requests, you can turn on this feature from the proxy settings. Bypassing proxy servers

The "Do not use proxy on the addresses below" field can be used to specify which servers should be accessed directly, for example because they are so close that the proxy would be a bottleneck even if it had the document stored locally. Add one server or host per line, like this:

• .opera.no

www.opera.com

This tells Opera that the *.opera.no domain and the www.opera.com server should be accessed directly. As the example shows, wildcards can be used. You can also separate entries by using a comma or semicolon instead of putting each one on a separate line. Automatic proxy configuration

The address (URL) to the automatic proxyconfiguration script should be entered in the "Use automatic proxy configuration" field.

Changing Opera keyboard shortcuts

With Opera, some of the common keyboard shortcuts were changed to make migration from other browsers easier.

Among the shortcuts that were changed, the most commonly used is Ctrl + N, which in previous versions of Opera was used to open a new tab. This is now used to open a new window, while Ctrl + T is used to open a new tab.

All keyboard shortcuts in Opera can also be changed and customized to your liking. For instance, to change Ctrl + N back to opening a new tab:

1. Go to Tools > Preferences > Advanced > Shortcuts

2. Double-click the 'Opera Standard' keyboard setup

3. Type 'n ctrl' in the Quick Find field

4. Double-click 'New browser window' and type 'New page'

5. Close both dialogs by clicking OK

Opera Mail Tutorial

Setting Up an Account and Importing Messages

Setting Up an Account

To begin, you will need to set up a new account or import account settings from another application. Go to Tools > Mail and chat accounts. If you have not yet created any accounts, you will be prompted to create an account now. If you have already created an account, click the Add button. Select which kind of account you would like to create.

Ask your ISP for the specific server names or IP addresses to enter into the incoming and outgoing mail servers. If your ISP uses a non-standard server port (default ports are 143 for IMAP, 110 for POP, and 119 for NNTP), you can enter it after the server name in the form "servername:port", i.e. "pop.example.com:111".

The "Leave messages on server" setting is enabled by default for POP users. This setting tells Opera Mail to leave all received e-mail on the mail server, so it's accessible from other computers. Most POP users will want this setting disabled if they'll only be accessing their e-mail via Opera Mail.

Once you have created an e-mail or newsgroup account, the Mail menu and Mail panel should appear. You can use these to access your accounts.

Security

TLS and SSL (the precursor to TLS) enable encrypted communications between a mail client and server. Encrypted communications allow your password and other sensitive data to be sent across the Internet without others being able to spy on it. Opera Mail supports both TLS and SSL. The server must support e-mail encryption for you to use this feature.

If you want to use TLS encryption, enable the "Secure connection" setting. If you want to use SSL encryption, enable the "Secure connection" setting and add the necessary port (port 993 for secure IMAP and port 995 for secure POP) in the "Incoming server" input as described above. These settings can also be adjusted on the "Servers" tab in account settings once your account has been created.

Usefull Account Settings

From the Tools > Mail and chat accounts dialog, you can create, delete, and edit your mail and news accounts. To edit account details, select an account and click "Edit". Important account settings are described below.

Account category

On the "General" tab, you can add a custom account category to be used with the account selector. Type a new category name or choose an existing category from the drop-down. You can then restrict visible messages to specific categories using the context menu in the Mail panel or from Mail > Show account.

Settings

On the "Servers" tab of account settings, the authentication scheme can be adjusted. The "Authentication" drop-down for incoming servers is set to "Auto" by default and will show the current authentication method (i.e. "Auto (AUTO LOGIN)") being used by the account. "Auto" attempts to use the most secure authentication method available first and if it fails, tries the next most secure method until one succeeds. These authentication settings only control encryption of your username and password. TLS or SSL is needed to encrypt all your mail data, while it is being transferred between Opera and your mail server.

If you do not want to use "Auto" authentication or have problems making it work with your account, simply use the drop-down to specify the type of authentication to use. Not all servers support all methods of authentication.

If your account requires authentication for sending e-mails, change "Authentication" for your "Outgoing server" to "Auto" and enter your username and password.

Opera supports:

CRAM-MD5, APOP, login, and plaintext authentication for POP accounts

CRAM-MD5 and plaintext authentication for IMAP and NNTP accounts

CRAM-MD5, login, and plaintext authentication for SMTP accounts.

Security password'

You can set a security password to control access to your mailboxes. Go to Tools > Preferences > Advanced > Security, set a master password with at least one numeric and one alphabetic character. Tick "Use as master password for e-mail and Wand". You can set the frequency of a system password prompt using the "Ask for password" setting.

Important: Be sure to remember your master password, because you cannot retrieve it.

Importing Messages

It is possible to import e-mail from earlier versions (before 7.x) of Opera, Outlook Express, Eudora, Netscape Mail (only version 6 and 7, and related email clients such as the Mozilla suite), Thunderbird, or any mailbox stored in the generic mbox format (usually *.mbx or *.mbs files), including older versions of Netscape. You can import different accounts settings, folders, and contacts. Your imported account's folder structure will be displayed under "Filters", and the imported messages will be available in "Received". Filters cannot be imported.

Select File > Import and export > Import mail to import. If your previous mailer is not listed above, see if it includes the capability to export to the mbox format.

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