Fortunately, recovering mail and accounts from a backup copy is easy, too.
Recover Opera Mail Accounts and Settings from a Backup Copy
To restore messages and settings for all your Opera email accounts from a backup copy:
- Select File | Import and Export | Import Mail… from the menu in Opera.
- Highlight Import from Opera 7/8/9/10.
- Click Next >.
- Now click Browse.
- Go to the "mail" folder you copied previously as a backup copy.
- Highlight "accounts.ini" in that "mail" folder.
- Click Select Opera 7/8/9/10 mail setup file, accounts.ini.
- If you import only messages:
- Make sure Import messages is selected.
- Optionally, select an existing account under Import into:; imported messages will appear in that account.
- Make sure Import settings is not checked.
- If you want to import account settings, too:
- Make sure <new account> is selected under Import into:.
- Make sure Import settings is selected.
- Click Next >.
- Now click Finish.
