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oneillpt · 07-17-2011, 07:14 PM

I've made a change to one line of news.bat:

calibredb add %fname%.mobi --duplicates >%fname%-add-log.txt
(adding --duplicates)

as without this change my Calibre library is not updated when a new file is generated, as shown in the log fragment here:

Code:

reply: retcode (221); Msg: 2.3.0 Bye received. Goodbye.
Adding ITimes.mobi to Calibre library ...
The following books were not added as they already exist in the database (see --duplicates option):
        The Irish Times (2) *:
                  C:\Users\Peter\Calibre-Kindle\Recipes\Temp\ITimes.oeb\ITimes.mobi

Recipe processing complete

A further hint which might be useful for users in case of e-mail problems: my first attempt to have the generated file e-mailed failed because I had supplied my "user friendly alias" e-mail address in news-set-vars.bat, but authentication with my mail server through an ISP failed as this should have been the less friendly account name. My second attempt also failed - I had forgotten that the "Approved Personal Document E-mail List" for my Kindle account at Amazon only contained the "user friendly" version, so I needed to add the version using the less friendly account name. Obvious of course in hindsight, but it took me a couple of minutes to realise what the problem was.

07-17-2011, 07:14 PM	#12
oneillpt Connoisseur Posts: 63 Karma: 46 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle 3 (cracked screen!); PW1; Oasis	A small problem solved I've made a change to one line of news.bat: calibredb add %fname%.mobi --duplicates >%fname%-add-log.txt (adding --duplicates) as without this change my Calibre library is not updated when a new file is generated, as shown in the log fragment here: Code: reply: retcode (221); Msg: 2.3.0 Bye received. Goodbye. Adding ITimes.mobi to Calibre library ... The following books were not added as they already exist in the database (see --duplicates option): The Irish Times (2) *: C:\Users\Peter\Calibre-Kindle\Recipes\Temp\ITimes.oeb\ITimes.mobi Recipe processing complete A further hint which might be useful for users in case of e-mail problems: my first attempt to have the generated file e-mailed failed because I had supplied my "user friendly alias" e-mail address in news-set-vars.bat, but authentication with my mail server through an ISP failed as this should have been the less friendly account name. My second attempt also failed - I had forgotten that the "Approved Personal Document E-mail List" for my Kindle account at Amazon only contained the "user friendly" version, so I needed to add the version using the less friendly account name. Obvious of course in hindsight, but it took me a couple of minutes to realise what the problem was.