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ren41 · 10-04-2011, 01:31 PM

Hi Sweetpea

Thanks so much for replying. I would have thought (as logged in already) that I didn't necessarily need to authenticate. It's quite odd as most apps which need to update/download or upload will pass through ISA server if a rule is set up for them, without authenticating with user name etc, and with the rule set up they can automatically open the necessary port. It doesn't work with Calibre - and have tried several other ways round it since I created that thread, including setting Calibre up for direct access. The only other app that I have never been able to get to work is (oddly enough) the Kindle4PC app, and you can enter under name & password, as well as proxy server & port, in that.

In the end I gave up and connected my laptop direct to the router, so I have been able to download the metadata. It wasn't something I particularly wanted to do but I was wasting so much time and getting so frustrated! having converted all my non-Amazon stuff, all I need to do now is find some way of automating the tedious task of adding the revised books back in to my collections!

ren

10-04-2011, 01:31 PM	#3
ren41 Connoisseur Posts: 63 Karma: 42 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, Kindle Voyage, iPad2, iPhone 6S+, iPhone 8	Hi Sweetpea Thanks so much for replying. I would have thought (as logged in already) that I didn't necessarily need to authenticate. It's quite odd as most apps which need to update/download or upload will pass through ISA server if a rule is set up for them, without authenticating with user name etc, and with the rule set up they can automatically open the necessary port. It doesn't work with Calibre - and have tried several other ways round it since I created that thread, including setting Calibre up for direct access. The only other app that I have never been able to get to work is (oddly enough) the Kindle4PC app, and you can enter under name & password, as well as proxy server & port, in that. In the end I gave up and connected my laptop direct to the router, so I have been able to download the metadata. It wasn't something I particularly wanted to do but I was wasting so much time and getting so frustrated! having converted all my non-Amazon stuff, all I need to do now is find some way of automating the tedious task of adding the revised books back in to my collections! ren