Interesting that everyone has this working now. I've just now tried setting it up and I get failure after failure. I attempted it first with my gmail account - no go. Then I tried my rr.com account. Same failure. Then I tried a yahoo account. Nope, so I set up a hotmail (live.com) account and still doesn't work.
Here's what I see when I try to test the accounts:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/wizard/send_email.py", line 111, in test_email_settings
File "site-packages/calibre/utils/smtp.py", line 91, in sendmail
File "site-packages/calibre/utils/smtp.py", line 83, in sendmail_direct
IOError: Failed to send mail: SMTPServerDisconnected('Connection unexpectedly closed',)
Log:
Find mail exchanger for free.kindle.com
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages/calibre/utils/smtp.py", line 77, in sendmail_direct
File "site-packages/calibre/utils/smtplib.py", line 704, in sendmail
File "site-packages/calibre/utils/smtplib.py", line 528, in ehlo_or_helo_if_needed
File "site-packages/calibre/utils/smtplib.py", line 401, in ehlo
File "site-packages/calibre/utils/smtplib.py", line 358, in getreply
SMTPServerDisconnected: Connection unexpectedly closed
Here's a real attempt to auto-mail a feed:
ERROR: Failed to email book: <b>Failed</b>: Email Dilbert to myrealaccountname@free.kindle.com
Email Dilbert to myrealaccountname@free.kindle.com
Sending failed...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/email.py", line 116, in run
File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/email.py", line 170, in sendmail
File "site-packages/calibre/utils/smtp.py", line 91, in sendmail
File "site-packages/calibre/utils/smtp.py", line 83, in sendmail_direct
IOError: Failed to send mail: SMTPServerDisconnected('Connection unexpectedly closed',)
Retrying in 1 seconds...
Sending failed...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/email.py", line 116, in run
File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/email.py", line 170, in sendmail
File "site-packages/calibre/utils/smtp.py", line 91, in sendmail
File "site-packages/calibre/utils/smtp.py", line 83, in sendmail_direct
IOError: Failed to send mail: SMTPServerDisconnected('Connection unexpectedly closed',)
The above is exactly the same whether I'm using a gmail, live.com, yahoo, or rr.com address.
I can send to free.kindle.com from these email accounts, but trying to do so through calibre is failing.
Any ideas?