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a12rodgers · 09-08-2010, 12:28 AM

Let's say I have two news feeds:
- NewsDaily (marked schedule for download every 1.0 days)
- NewsWeekly (marked schedule for download every 7.0 days)
- NewsMonthly (marked schedule for download every 30.0 days)

I set these up just fine on Sunday. They downloaded, converted to MOBI, and were sent to my Kindle. No problem.

Now let's say it's Monday. I would think that if I clicked on "Download all scheduled news sources," only NewsDaily would download. But when I clicked on them yesterday, all feeds downloaded. And when I opened up Calibre today and clicked that option, all three feeds downloaded again.

Does scheduling mean something different than I think it does? Is this some kind of timer that works only if Calibre stays open for a full 24 hours (at which point, NewsDaily will kick off again)? What if I just leave the computer off and turn it on in a couple of days -- should the NewsDaily kick off again?

Is there any other way (short of manually triggering each download) for Calibre to automate retrieval at given intervals?

09-08-2010, 12:28 AM	#1
a12rodgers Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Kindle 3	Not clear how scheduling works Let's say I have two news feeds: - NewsDaily (marked schedule for download every 1.0 days) - NewsWeekly (marked schedule for download every 7.0 days) - NewsMonthly (marked schedule for download every 30.0 days) I set these up just fine on Sunday. They downloaded, converted to MOBI, and were sent to my Kindle. No problem. Now let's say it's Monday. I would think that if I clicked on "Download all scheduled news sources," only NewsDaily would download. But when I clicked on them yesterday, all feeds downloaded. And when I opened up Calibre today and clicked that option, all three feeds downloaded again. Does scheduling mean something different than I think it does? Is this some kind of timer that works only if Calibre stays open for a full 24 hours (at which point, NewsDaily will kick off again)? What if I just leave the computer off and turn it on in a couple of days -- should the NewsDaily kick off again? Is there any other way (short of manually triggering each download) for Calibre to automate retrieval at given intervals? Last edited by a12rodgers; 09-08-2010 at 12:56 AM.