Originally Posted by howyoudoin

When one mails a file to the @kindle.com address, what/who does the conversion? Is it a bunch of people in an office doing each conversion manually and mailing it forward to the kindle, or is it an automated process, or does it depend on the file format?

I'm guessing its completely automated, but I'd like to be sure, as a sort of precaution for mailing sensitive documents to my kindle.

Also, I'm curious