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# Setting up the Opera Mail client

> Set up your hosting.com email in Opera Mail with our step-by-step guide.

This article demonstrates how to set up Opera Mail to access a hosting.com e-mail account and send messages.

To configure Opera Mail to work with your hosting.com e-mail account, follow these steps:

1. Make sure you have already created at least one e-mail account for your domain. If you have not done this, please see [this article](/docs/e-mail-accounts) to learn how to create an e-mail account using cPanel.

2. Start Opera Mail.

3. If you are running Opera Mail for the first time, the **New Account Wizard** dialog box appears automatically. Otherwise, click **Opera Mail** in the top-left corner of the application window, click **Mail Accounts**, and then click **Add** to start the New Account Wizard.

4. Select **Email**, and then click **Next**:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-opera-new-account-wizard-1.png)

5. In the **Real name** text box, type the name that you want to appear on messages you send:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-opera-new-account-wizard-2.png)

6. In the **Email address** text box, type the e-mail address of the account you created in cPanel, and then click **Next**.

   > 📘 Note
   >
   > You can optionally specify an organization in the **Organization** text box.

7. In the **Login name** text box, type the e-mail address of the account you created in cPanel:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-opera-new-account-wizard-3.png)

8. In the **Password** text box, type the password for the e-mail account you created in cPanel.

9. Select the type of incoming mail server that you want to use:

   * If you want to use POP, select **Regular email (POP)**.

   * If you want to use IMAP, select **IMAP**.

10. Click **Next**.

11. In the **Incoming server** text box, type the hosting.com server name for your account, followed by one of the following:

    * If you want to use POP, add **:995** to the server name.

    * If you want to use IMAP, add **:993** to the server name.

    For example, if your hosting.com server name is *mi3-ss87.a2hosting.com* and you want to use IMAP, type `mi3s87.a2hosting.com:993`.

    > 📘 Note
    >
    > For information about how to determine your account's server name, please see [this article](/docs/determining-your-accounts-server-name).![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-opera-new-account-wizard-4.png)

12. Select the **Use secure connection (TLS)** check box.

13. In the **Outgoing server** text box, type the hosting.com server name for your account, followed by **:465**. For example, if your hosting.com server name is *mi3-ss87.a2hosting.com*, type `mi3-ss87.a2hosting.com:465`.

    > 📘 Note
    >
    > For information about how to determine your account's server name, please see [this article](/docs/determining-your-accounts-server-name).

14. Select the **Use secure connection (TLS)** check box.

15. Click **Finish**. Opera Mail displays the inbox and downloads any messages in the account:\
    ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-opera-inbox.png)

## Related articles

* [Introduction to e-mail protocols](/docs/introduction-to-e-mail-protocols)

* [Accessing e-mail accounts with client applications](/docs/accessing-e-mail-accounts-with-client-applications)

* [Troubleshooting e-mail accounts](/docs/troubleshooting-e-mail-accounts)

* [Accessing e-mail accounts through webmail](/docs/accessing-e-mail-accounts-through-webmail)

* [E-mail Accounts](/docs/e-mail-accounts)