Filename for sending via email - revisited

[lairdb]

I am revisiting an old thread.

After brief discussion, @kovidgoyal made a change to take the plugboard title into the filename -- but only when sending to Kindle. (Specifically, only when the function is_for_kindle() is true, which depends on certain strings being in the address.)

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...82f0572398b8f8

I'd like to revisit that. Between my ISP's anti-spam settings and my email provider's anti-spam settings, I have to use workarounds to send to kindle.com -- but if I send to another address, I don't get the Kindle-formatted filename.

(Yes, get a better ISP and mail provider is one argument, but Comcast is the cable monopoly, and I'd prefer to stick with Microsoft as my email provider.)

Any possibility of letting the user have control via adding the filename as a plugboard target?

Thanks.

[gbm]

The only recommendation is to open a gmx.com email and follow the faq.

https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq...-using-calibre

I personally would ditch Microsoft as an email provider.

Also do not use the same email for work and personal.

bernie

Originally Posted by lairdb

I am revisiting an old thread.

After brief discussion, @kovidgoyal made a change to take the plugboard title into the filename -- but only when sending to Kindle. (Specifically, only when the function is_for_kindle() is true, which depends on certain strings being in the address.)



I'd like to revisit that. Between my ISP's anti-spam settings and my email provider's anti-spam settings, I have to use workarounds to send to kindle.com -- but if I send to another address, I don't get the Kindle-formatted filename.

(Yes, get a better ISP and mail provider is one argument, but Comcast is the cable monopoly, and I'd prefer to stick with Microsoft as my email provider.)

Any possibility of letting the user have control via adding the filename as a plugboard target?

Thanks.

[theducks]

I have Comcast (xfinity) as my Internet/phone service.

I use a different ISP (that I have an account with, but is not in this area) for Mail. Verizion is offering 5G internet to the home. There are alternatives.

[lairdb]

Originally Posted by gbm

I personally would ditch Microsoft as an email provider.

Also do not use the same email for work and personal.

Agreed; I don't, thanks. I have a wholly separate Office365 Enterprise tenant for the house.

Originally Posted by theducks

I have Comcast (xfinity) as my Internet/phone service.

I use a different ISP (that I have an account with, but is not in this area) for Mail. Verizion is offering 5G internet to the home. There are alternatives.

There are, but that's added complexity for a fairly singular reason. My suggestion is to remove the voodoo of

def is_for_kindle(to):
    return isinstance(to, str) and ('@kindle.com' in to or '@kindle.cn' in to or '@free.kindle.com' in to or '@free.kindle.cn' in to)

...and expose that behavior to the user, allowing them to configure to their preference. Hidden magic values are not usually user-friendly.

[kovidgoyal]

just create a free gmx account and use it.

[hillcountryfare]

What issues are you having with the filename? I host my own Office 365 tenant for my personal domain, and send files to my kindle.com address from Calibre using Xfinity's SMTP server. I also had this working with Office 365, but it was hosing my Xfinity bandwidth limit because every book I sent ended up in my sent items folder in my mailbox.

[lairdb]

Originally Posted by hillcountryfare

What issues are you having with the filename? I host my own Office 365 tenant for my personal domain, and send files to my kindle.com address from Calibre using Xfinity's SMTP server.

I'd prefer to have emails come From my correct address.

I was using TWC (now Spectrum) SMTP -- but they recently locked down their SMTP servers to both require authentication and require that the From address matches the authentication.

Microsoft (where my personal domain is hosted) SMTP only allows un-authenticated traffic to on-domain addresses. Calibre only supports basic auth, so I can't use MS SMTP to send directly to kindle.com; I can send to a relay-address on my personal domain, but then I don't get the magic filename treatment.

Originally Posted by hillcountryfare

I also had this working with Office 365, but it was hosing my Xfinity bandwidth limit because every book I sent ended up in my sent items folder in my mailbox.

I'd actually prefer that, as TWC doesn't have bandwidth caps, but Calibre only supports basic auth and MS no longer supports basic auth.