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# How to Setup E-mail Account with Opera Mail for PC using IMAP Settings

The following steps will teach you how to sync your newly created email account with Opera using IMAP protocol.

Make sure that you have already [created your email account](https://help.serverfreak.com/en/article/how-to-create-email-account-in-cpanel-ip8y8t/) before applying the instructions below:



1. Launch Opera from your computer's start menu.




2. From the Opera **Menu**, select **Mail and Chat Accounts**.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/0e35a1b5-ce97-4d12-a27e-1bbafd0ae641/17d2d3ea-a205-40be-a3e1-bc8d3a817329.png)




3. If this is your first time adding a mail account to Opera, you are prompted to create a new account. Click on **Yes**.

If you already have a mail account configured in Opera, the Manage Accounts window will open and click on **Add**.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/0e35a1b5-ce97-4d12-a27e-1bbafd0ae641/bcb9c838-a489-437d-b950-d93a99c8349c.png)

_Account Needed prompt_



4. Select **Email** as the type of account you would like to add and click **Next**.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/0e35a1b5-ce97-4d12-a27e-1bbafd0ae641/5f1e328e-fe81-46a3-8572-ba3989ed42e9.png)




5. Enter your name in the **Real name** text box. This is the name that others will see when receiving your mail.

Enter your **full email address** in the Email address text box.

Enter an Organisation name if applicable. Otherwise leave the text box blank.


Click on **Next** to continue.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/0e35a1b5-ce97-4d12-a27e-1bbafd0ae641/bbf799b9-7c8e-4c93-9487-d2620ec88125.png)




6. Enter your **full email address** in the Login name text box.
Enter your **email account password** in the Password text box.
Select the **IMAP** radio button.


Click on **Next** to proceed.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/0e35a1b5-ce97-4d12-a27e-1bbafd0ae641/eb230a11-97e3-4261-9716-38d93679e483.png)



7. Enter **mail.yourdomain.com** in the Incoming server text box and check the box for **Use secure connection (TLS)**.

Enter **mail.yourdomain.com** in the Outgoing server text box and check the box for **Use secure connection (TLS)**.

Click on **Finish** to complete the E-mail account setup.


![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/0e35a1b5-ce97-4d12-a27e-1bbafd0ae641/7ad1eb0c-2175-49cb-9eae-07a5dd0189be.png)



8. The **Mail** sidebar in the Opera window and your newly-added email account should be listed in the sidebar. 

Click the account to view the E-mail folders such as the Inbox. 

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/0e35a1b5-ce97-4d12-a27e-1bbafd0ae641/8fa395d3-ca77-4a0e-9aed-148a8917a5fa.png)