>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.
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>There is a utility that works with Outlook and Opera that allows you to setup your default email client outside of Opera and Outlook:
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>http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/defaultmail.htm
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>and a utility for setting up the default browser when you have multiples:
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>http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/defaultbrowser.htm
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>Might be worth checking them out...

Thanks, Tracy. I solved my immediate problem by searching Opera's KB (see reply to Fred). Sorry for wasting your time and thanks again for the links.