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Originally Posted by lesleyd
Thanks for your replies.
I have set up a gmail account but am totally confused by it. I can't even tell what it is or how it works no matter how much I research it! My yahoo.com email address works perfectly (haven't tried it for sending in Calibre) but gmail seems to be an entirely different animal.
I will just send my Calibre converted material to my Kindle manually as an attachment via my usual Windows Mail. At least that works!
Rootman: my amazon registered email won't accept mail from Calibre so it must be the server issue you mentioned.
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It might be a server/firewall issue, but maybe not; see my experience below. If you are willing to give it another try, here is my successful email delivery setup using Google (approx. time total setup 45 min tops, less if you already have your Gmail acct. set up).
I too tried sending the email from my Yahoo acct as well by just entering my yahoo email address in the "from" email address box, and it timed out. I'm guessing that if you decide to use an email server other than Gmail, when you enter your "from" email address, you would have to enter all the "Optionally Use a Server" settings underneath (i.e., not only enter
user@yahoo.com(for example) but the yahoo email settings such as the outgoing smtp (Hostname: ) and port number.
Gmail does look a little different from other email accounts, but the main difference is that it groups your emails into conversations (puts the replies and your original email together as a group with the original email showing in your Inbox). Sorry to sound like a commercial for Gmail but I have used it at work a lot, and coworkers seem to like it. And once you set it up you can use it only for emailing yourself books with Calibre (or for your junk email if you have to give an email address in order to enter something or sign up online).
Here's what worked for me:
(On your computer)
1) Set up your Gmail acct if you don't have one: Go to Google.com and click Gmail at the top left and enter all your information.
2) Add the Gmail acct to your Kindle approved email list: Go to Manage Your Kindle in the Kindle Store at amazon.com (the tab is second farthest from the right in the lower rack of tabs at the top of the page). (Sign in to amazon.com if necessary). About halfway down is Your Kindle Approved Email List; add your Gmail username there (hit Return).
3)Open Calibre and set up email delivery: Using Preferences: Run welcome wizard (it will still have your old info in there, so it will be fast, don't worry; it's easiest this way),
a)click through the Choose Your Language and Choose Your Book Reader screens (they should be already filled in).
b) On the Welcome To Calibre screen, fill in your Kindle email (user@kindle.com) and in Send email from, fill in your (new) Gmail address(user@gmail.com). Then click the Use Gmail icon on the lower right, and (again--you're almost there
) fill in your USER NAME (only) in Username: (it will already have "@gmail.com" there). Fill in your Gmail password in Password: . Now pat yourself on the back (a couple of times
).
c) Click Test email-it should successfully send one. If not, copy and paste the results to this forum. Click Continue and Done in the Wizard. (NOTE: You will NOT see "Test Email" in your list of documents on your Kindle if you check it at this point).
4) Send yourself a book (or newspaper or blog) from Calibre: (From the main window)Right-click the item (in your Library) and click Send To Device: Email to
username@kindle.com. (DON'T pick the Email To
username@kindle.com And Delete From Library option yet, you can always use that later once you know emailing works successfully).
(On your Kindle)
1) (Wake up your Kindle if necessary and Turn Wireless On (from the home Menu)). Find your item (at first, it had mine listed as "Not Yet Indexed", but put it into the list a few seconds later). Ta-da!