Gmail details

linefeed · 11-09-2010, 10:17 AM

I’m not sure whether I have the email details in Calibre 0.7.27 set correctly to send ebooks etc to my Kindle.
I’ve gone into calibre Preferences - Sharing books by email - and in the upper window I’ve entered the Kindle’s email address (my.name@kindle.com).
In the lower window I wasn’t sure what was needed. I tried just putting...
Send mail from: my.name@gmail.com but I got a failed message as follows...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\wizard\send_email.py", line 108, in test_email_settings
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\smtp.py", line 87, in sendmail
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\smtp.py", line 79, in sendmail_direct
IOError: Failed to send mail: SMTPServerDisconnected('Connection unexpectedly closed',)
Log:
Find mail exchanger for kindle.com
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\smtp.py", line 73, in sendmail_direct
File "smtplib.py", line 685, in sendmail
File "smtplib.py", line 509, in ehlo_or_helo_if_needed
File "smtplib.py", line 383, in ehlo

File "smtplib.py", line 340, in getreply
SMTPServerDisconnected: Connection unexpectedly closed

So I entered my gmail details under Mail Server. This time the Send Mail test worked and I was able to send an ebook to the Kindle.
My Amazon account is set to allow emails from this gmail account.
Is it correct that I should need to input the Mail Server details for the email function to work?
Thank you for any help or advice.

kovidgoyal · 11-09-2010, 10:36 AM

click the use Gmail button, it will automatically fill everything you need, except the username, password and from fields, which you should fill with you gmail email address, password and gmail email address respectively.

linefeed · 11-09-2010, 10:54 AM

OK thanks I've done that and it works fine. I'm just curious about why it says "optionally" use a server?

kovidgoyal · 11-09-2010, 10:56 AM

because calibre can act as a mail server itself. Unfortunately, because of various poorly thought out anti-spam strategies in force today, this is unlikely to actually work.

linefeed · 11-09-2010, 11:13 AM

Ah OK -- thanks for clearing that up.

11-09-2010, 10:17 AM	#1
linefeed Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Hertfordshire UK Device: kindle 3	Gmail details I’m not sure whether I have the email details in Calibre 0.7.27 set correctly to send ebooks etc to my Kindle. I’ve gone into calibre Preferences - Sharing books by email - and in the upper window I’ve entered the Kindle’s email address (my.name@kindle.com). In the lower window I wasn’t sure what was needed. I tried just putting... Send mail from: my.name@gmail.com but I got a failed message as follows... Traceback (most recent call last): File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\wizard\send_email.py", line 108, in test_email_settings File "site-packages\calibre\utils\smtp.py", line 87, in sendmail File "site-packages\calibre\utils\smtp.py", line 79, in sendmail_direct IOError: Failed to send mail: SMTPServerDisconnected('Connection unexpectedly closed',) Log: Find mail exchanger for kindle.com Traceback (most recent call last): File "site-packages\calibre\utils\smtp.py", line 73, in sendmail_direct File "smtplib.py", line 685, in sendmail File "smtplib.py", line 509, in ehlo_or_helo_if_needed File "smtplib.py", line 383, in ehlo File "smtplib.py", line 340, in getreply SMTPServerDisconnected: Connection unexpectedly closed So I entered my gmail details under Mail Server. This time the Send Mail test worked and I was able to send an ebook to the Kindle. My Amazon account is set to allow emails from this gmail account. Is it correct that I should need to input the Mail Server details for the email function to work? Thank you for any help or advice.

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11-09-2010, 10:36 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,190 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	click the use Gmail button, it will automatically fill everything you need, except the username, password and from fields, which you should fill with you gmail email address, password and gmail email address respectively.

11-09-2010, 10:54 AM	#3
linefeed Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Hertfordshire UK Device: kindle 3	OK thanks I've done that and it works fine. I'm just curious about why it says "optionally" use a server?

11-09-2010, 10:56 AM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,190 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	because calibre can act as a mail server itself. Unfortunately, because of various poorly thought out anti-spam strategies in force today, this is unlikely to actually work.

11-09-2010, 11:13 AM	#5
linefeed Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Hertfordshire UK Device: kindle 3	Ah OK -- thanks for clearing that up.

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