Ok tried everything except uninstall and nothing worked. I have uninstalled (Norton) and ran a test with a different error:
calibre, version 2.60.0 (win32, embedded-python: True)
Failed to email book: Failed: Email Sex With the Chef (Erotica) to
JimReid_698@kindle.com
Starting job: Email Sex With the Chef (Erotica) to
JimReid_698@kindle.com
Sending failed...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\email.py", line 43, in run
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\email.py", line 130, in sendmail
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\smtp.py", line 116, in sendmail
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\smtp.py", line 108, in sendmail_direct
IOError: Failed to send mail: error(10060, 'A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond')
Retrying in 1 seconds...
Waiting 1 seconds before sending, to avoid being marked as spam.
You can control this delay via Preferences->Tweaks
Sending failed...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\email.py", line 43, in run
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\email.py", line 130, in sendmail
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\smtp.py", line 116, in sendmail
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\smtp.py", line 108, in sendmail_direct
IOError: Failed to send mail: error(10060, 'A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond')
Job: "Email Sex With the Chef (Erotica) to
JimReid_698@kindle.com" failed with error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\threaded_jobs.py", line 83, in start_work
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\email.py", line 98, in __call__
IOError: Failed to send mail: error(10060, 'A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond')
Called with args: (u'C:\\Users\\JimRe\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\calibre _pae34v\\qpxneecaltmpfmt.mobi', u'Sex With the Chef (Erotica) - Abbott, Alexandrinha.mobi', u'JimReid_698@kindle.com', u'E-book: Sex With the Chef (Erotica)', u'Attached, you will find the e-book\n\nSex With the Chef (Erotica)\n\tby Abbott, Alexandrinha\n\nin the MOBI format.') {u'abort': <threading._Event object at 0x0B8C83B0>, u'notifications': <Queue.Queue instance at 0x0B8C9D78>, u'log': <calibre.utils.logging.GUILog object at 0x0B8C86D0>}
Does this give anyone a clue on what is wrong?
Jim