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tjk · 11-13-2010, 08:49 AM

I'm getting a similar problem, but only when sending one specific news feed, the Wall Street Journal (subscription) and only in the past couple of days.

Calibre downloads the feed fine, packages it into mobi format, but then I get an error when sending (automatically or manually) via gmail:

ERROR: Failed to email books: Failed to email the following books:

The Wall Street Journal

Connection unexpectedly closed
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\device.py", line 646, in _send_mails
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\smtp.py", line 104, in sendmail
File "smtplib.py", line 712, in sendmail
File "smtplib.py", line 438, in rset
File "smtplib.py", line 363, in docmd
File "smtplib.py", line 340, in getreply
SMTPServerDisconnected: Connection unexpectedly closed

Two things about this really puzzle me (and I will freely admit that I am far better at identifying a problem than diagnosing it, let alone solving it). First, this only happens with WSJ, not with any of my other feeds. Second, when I go to the gmail account used to send the feed to my Kindle it appears to have been sent without a problem. I can click on the mobi file and Kindle for PC opens it without a problem, the whole feed is there.

So it appears calibre is telling me it wasn't sent, gmail says it was and has the file to prove it, and my Kindle is unaware any of this is going on. I strongly suspect the problem is at my end (i.e., between my ears) but I don't have a clue what it might be. The only thing I can think of is that the WSJ file is much bigger than the other feeds, almost 10mb and never less than 7mb. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks!

BTW, I absolutely love what calibre does for me. It made my Kindle ten times more useful than I thought it would be when I bought it.

P.S. - This problem still occurs after updating from version 0.7.27 to 0.7.28

11-13-2010, 08:49 AM	#8
tjk Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: NYC Device: Kindle 3	I'm getting a similar problem, but only when sending one specific news feed, the Wall Street Journal (subscription) and only in the past couple of days. Calibre downloads the feed fine, packages it into mobi format, but then I get an error when sending (automatically or manually) via gmail: ERROR: Failed to email books: Failed to email the following books: The Wall Street Journal Connection unexpectedly closed Traceback (most recent call last): File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\device.py", line 646, in _send_mails File "site-packages\calibre\utils\smtp.py", line 104, in sendmail File "smtplib.py", line 712, in sendmail File "smtplib.py", line 438, in rset File "smtplib.py", line 363, in docmd File "smtplib.py", line 340, in getreply SMTPServerDisconnected: Connection unexpectedly closed Two things about this really puzzle me (and I will freely admit that I am far better at identifying a problem than diagnosing it, let alone solving it). First, this only happens with WSJ, not with any of my other feeds. Second, when I go to the gmail account used to send the feed to my Kindle it appears to have been sent without a problem. I can click on the mobi file and Kindle for PC opens it without a problem, the whole feed is there. So it appears calibre is telling me it wasn't sent, gmail says it was and has the file to prove it, and my Kindle is unaware any of this is going on. I strongly suspect the problem is at my end (i.e., between my ears) but I don't have a clue what it might be. The only thing I can think of is that the WSJ file is much bigger than the other feeds, almost 10mb and never less than 7mb. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks! BTW, I absolutely love what calibre does for me. It made my Kindle ten times more useful than I thought it would be when I bought it. P.S. - This problem still occurs after updating from version 0.7.27 to 0.7.28 Last edited by tjk; 11-13-2010 at 08:52 AM.