Are you sure you don't need to use Opera composer to set the default email account settings for Opera to use? Also, the opera newsgroup may be a good source for information on special configurations for Opera.
There is a utility that works with Outlook and Opera that allows you to setup your default email client outside of Opera and Outlook:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/defaultmail.htmand a utility for setting up the default browser when you have multiples:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/defaultbrowser.htmMight be worth checking them out...
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