any other tips to get Calibre to email with GMX

ChipAHoy · 06-11-2018, 03:58 PM

My GMX credentials are fine, I have my full GMX email listed in the Calibre preferences. I looked online and could not find a solution that works for me. Using a Mac here.

None of the mobi files I email to my Kindle show up, when sending them within Calibre. This has worked in the past successfully, and I have not changed any settings within GMX.

Spoiler:

kovidgoyal · 06-11-2018, 09:40 PM

According to that your GMX username/password are wrong.

ChipAHoy · 06-11-2018, 10:43 PM

In Calibre, under Preferences, Sharing books by email, at bottom, host mail says mail.gmx.com. Under user name, which just shows @gmx.com, I changed it to show my full email address, but the setting has reverted back. My user name and password are correct.
I have looked at the Calibre user manual, don't know why it still doesn't work (but I still absolutely love Calibre!)....

Update: I got it to work by choosing the Connect/Share - Email to: option. I had been using the Email to (my kindle email) option. Even though it is the same email adddress as what I used in my choice, it worked.

kovidgoyal · 06-11-2018, 10:50 PM

GMX thinks your username and password are incorrect, there's not anything calibre can do about that.

And your username has to show your full email address, otherwise it is not going to work. Remember to click apply after changing it.

DarrenHill · 12-16-2018, 05:20 AM

I just came across this one myself, and I can give the solution.

By default GMX emails don't allow access via POP3/IMAP - you have to go into the GMX email settings and activate it. Once you do that things work fine.

See the link below for their help page on how to do it.

https://support.gmx.com/pop-imap/toggle.html

ChipAHoy · 12-17-2018, 10:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DarrenHill

I just came across this one myself, and I can give the solution.

By default GMX emails don't allow access via POP3/IMAP - you have to go into the GMX email settings and activate it. Once you do that things work fine.

See the link below for their help page on how to do it.

https://support.gmx.com/pop-imap/toggle.html

I already had the POP3/IMAP enabled.

erhymer · 01-28-2019, 08:15 PM

I used GMX to send books through Calibre for years until one day I got the same error message you did. I saw here in this thread that the error message meant that the user name and password weren't correct. Well, I hadn't changed them, so I was perplexed. I went on GMX.com and tried to login but the user name and password were not recognized. I tried to reset my password, but my user name was not recognized... Weird... I believe I got a message that if you haven't used the email in a long time, it won't work anymore. I would think using it with Calibre would be "using" it, but in any case, for whatever reason, my gmx email address was not working anymore. I signed up for another one and now I'm back in business using it as my email address in Calibre!

ChipAHoy · 01-28-2019, 11:01 PM

Thanks a lot for sharing your experience. Good to know that.

Quote:

Originally Posted by erhymer

I used GMX to send books through Calibre for years until one day I got the same error message you did. I saw here in this thread that the error message meant that the user name and password weren't correct. Well, I hadn't changed them, so I was perplexed. I went on GMX.com and tried to login but the user name and password were not recognized. I tried to reset my password, but my user name was not recognized... Weird... I believe I got a message that if you haven't used the email in a long time, it won't work anymore. I would think using it with Calibre would be "using" it, but in any case, for whatever reason, my gmx email address was not working anymore. I signed up for another one and now I'm back in business using it as my email address in Calibre!

anleva · 02-11-2019, 09:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by erhymer

I used GMX to send books through Calibre for years until one day I got the same error message you did. I saw here in this thread that the error message meant that the user name and password weren't correct. Well, I hadn't changed them, so I was perplexed. I went on GMX.com and tried to login but the user name and password were not recognized. I tried to reset my password, but my user name was not recognized... Weird... I believe I got a message that if you haven't used the email in a long time, it won't work anymore. I would think using it with Calibre would be "using" it, but in any case, for whatever reason, my gmx email address was not working anymore. I signed up for another one and now I'm back in business using it as my email address in Calibre!

Same thing just happened to me. Odd that using it this way, and this way only, doesn't register as usage by GMX

Valkrider · 02-12-2019, 02:02 AM

I had exactly this problem with GMX and once your account has been disabled I couldn't get mine re-enabled. I have now switched to Zoho and that is currently working fine. I will have to wait and see if that is disabled after a while like GMX was.

rpgmaker · 11-29-2019, 07:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Valkrider

I had exactly this problem with GMX and once your account has been disabled I couldn't get mine re-enabled. I have now switched to Zoho and that is currently working fine. I will have to wait and see if that is disabled after a while like GMX was.

Yeah, I just did this. GMX became too unreliable. I think it eliminated my account and it's not even allowing me to create a new one. As in, I don't think the signup form is working at all.

rpgmaker · 07-30-2020, 02:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rpgmaker

Yeah, I just did this. GMX became too unreliable. I think it eliminated my account and it's not even allowing me to create a new one. As in, I don't think the signup form is working at all.

Update: Zoho mail seems to be blocking this type of useage now.

Quote:

send: 'Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============8187822021558820976=="\r\ nMIME-Version: 1.0...
reply: '554 5.1.8 Email Outgoing Blocked. <a href=https://www.zoho.com/mail/help/usage-policy.html target=_blank>Learn more.</a>\r\n'
reply: retcode (554); Msg: 5.1.8 Email Outgoing Blocked. <a href=https://www.zoho.com/mail/help/usage-policy.html target=_blank>Learn more.</a>
data: (554, '5.1.8 Email Outgoing Blocked. <a href=https://www.zoho.com/mail/help/usage-policy.html target=_blank>Learn more.</a>')

06-11-2018, 03:58 PM	#1
ChipAHoy Thistle Sifter Posts: 187 Karma: 24088 Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: San Diego Device: Kindle Paperwhite	any other tips to get Calibre to email with GMX My GMX credentials are fine, I have my full GMX email listed in the Calibre preferences. I looked online and could not find a solution that works for me. Using a Mac here. None of the mobi files I email to my Kindle show up, when sending them within Calibre. This has worked in the past successfully, and I have not changed any settings within GMX. Spoiler: Starting job: Email SLEEPING GIANTS to chip92114pw@kindle.com Waiting 301 seconds before sending, to avoid being marked as spam. You can control this delay via Preferences->Tweaks connect: (u'mail.gmx.com', 587) connect: (u'mail.gmx.com', 587) reply: '220 gmx.com (mrgmx102) Nemesis ESMTP Service ready\r\n' reply: retcode (220); Msg: gmx.com (mrgmx102) Nemesis ESMTP Service ready connect: gmx.com (mrgmx102) Nemesis ESMTP Service ready send: 'ehlo Christophers-MacBook-Air.local\r\n' reply: '250-gmx.com Hello Christophers-MacBook-Air.local [174.65.19.96]\r\n' reply: '250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN\r\n' reply: '250-SIZE 69920427\r\n' reply: '250 STARTTLS\r\n' reply: retcode (250); Msg: gmx.com Hello Christophers-MacBook-Air.local [174.65.19.96] AUTH LOGIN PLAIN SIZE 69920427 STARTTLS send: 'STARTTLS\r\n' reply: '220 OK\r\n' reply: retcode (220); Msg: OK send: 'ehlo Christophers-MacBook-Air.local\r\n' reply: '250-gmx.com Hello Christophers-MacBook-Air.local [174.65.19.96]\r\n' reply: '250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN\r\n' reply: '250 SIZE 69920427\r\n' reply: retcode (250); Msg: gmx.com Hello Christophers-MacBook-Air.local [174.65.19.96] AUTH LOGIN PLAIN SIZE 69920427 send: AUTH <censored> reply: '535 Authentication credentials invalid\r\n' reply: retcode (535); Msg: Authentication credentials invalid Sending failed... Traceback (most recent call last): File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/email.py", line 44, in run File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/email.py", line 134, in sendmail File "site-packages/calibre/utils/smtp.py", line 154, in sendmail File "site-packages/calibre/utils/smtplib.py", line 647, in login SMTPAuthenticationError: (535, 'Authentication credentials invalid') Retrying in 301 seconds... Waiting 301 seconds before sending, to avoid being marked as spam. You can control this delay via Preferences->Tweaks connect: (u'mail.gmx.com', 587) connect: (u'mail.gmx.com', 587) reply: '220 gmx.com (mrgmx101) Nemesis ESMTP Service ready\r\n' reply: retcode (220); Msg: gmx.com (mrgmx101) Nemesis ESMTP Service ready connect: gmx.com (mrgmx101) Nemesis ESMTP Service ready send: 'ehlo Christophers-MacBook-Air.local\r\n' reply: '250-gmx.com Hello Christophers-MacBook-Air.local [174.65.19.96]\r\n' reply: '250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN\r\n' reply: '250-SIZE 69920427\r\n' reply: '250 STARTTLS\r\n' reply: retcode (250); Msg: gmx.com Hello Christophers-MacBook-Air.local [174.65.19.96] AUTH LOGIN PLAIN SIZE 69920427 STARTTLS send: 'STARTTLS\r\n' reply: '220 OK\r\n' reply: retcode (220); Msg: OK send: 'ehlo Christophers-MacBook-Air.local\r\n' reply: '250-gmx.com Hello Christophers-MacBook-Air.local [174.65.19.96]\r\n' reply: '250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN\r\n' reply: '250 SIZE 69920427\r\n' reply: retcode (250); Msg: gmx.com Hello Christophers-MacBook-Air.local [174.65.19.96] AUTH LOGIN PLAIN SIZE 69920427 send: AUTH <censored> reply: '535 Authentication credentials invalid\r\n' reply: retcode (535); Msg: Authentication credentials invalid Sending failed... Traceback (most recent call last): File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/email.py", line 44, in run File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/email.py", line 134, in sendmail File "site-packages/calibre/utils/smtp.py", line 154, in sendmail File "site-packages/calibre/utils/smtplib.py", line 647, in login SMTPAuthenticationError: (535, 'Authentication credentials invalid') Job: "Email SLEEPING GIANTS to chip92114pw@kindle.com" failed with error: Traceback (most recent call last): File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/threaded_jobs.py", line 84, in start_work File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/email.py", line 101, in __call__ SMTPAuthenticationError: (535, 'Authentication credentials invalid') Called with args: (u'/var/folders/p3/tr15nn4x7wd4ghvg_hs4zslr0000gn/C/calibre_3.25.0_tmp_wgCFPT/IOr4_3caltmpfmt.mobi', u'SLEEPING GIANTS - Sylvain Neuvel.mobi', u'chip92114pw@kindle.com', 'EMAIL', u'Attached, you will find the e-book\n\nSLEEPING GIANTS\n\tby Sylvain Neuvel\n\nin the MOBI format.') {u'log': <calibre.utils.logging.GUILog object at 0x1259b4050>, u'abort': <threading._Event object at 0x11c3f8e10>, u'notifications': <Queue.Queue instance at 0x1259b2bd8>} Last edited by theducks; 06-11-2018 at 05:19 PM. Reason: WRAPlog file in SPOILER

06-11-2018, 10:43 PM	#3
ChipAHoy Thistle Sifter Posts: 187 Karma: 24088 Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: San Diego Device: Kindle Paperwhite	In Calibre, under Preferences, Sharing books by email, at bottom, host mail says mail.gmx.com. Under user name, which just shows @gmx.com, I changed it to show my full email address, but the setting has reverted back. My user name and password are correct. I have looked at the Calibre user manual, don't know why it still doesn't work (but I still absolutely love Calibre!).... Update: I got it to work by choosing the Connect/Share - Email to: option. I had been using the Email to (my kindle email) option. Even though it is the same email adddress as what I used in my choice, it worked. Last edited by ChipAHoy; 06-11-2018 at 10:54 PM.

01-28-2019, 08:15 PM	#7
erhymer Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2019 Device: Kindle	What worked for me I used GMX to send books through Calibre for years until one day I got the same error message you did. I saw here in this thread that the error message meant that the user name and password weren't correct. Well, I hadn't changed them, so I was perplexed. I went on GMX.com and tried to login but the user name and password were not recognized. I tried to reset my password, but my user name was not recognized... Weird... I believe I got a message that if you haven't used the email in a long time, it won't work anymore. I would think using it with Calibre would be "using" it, but in any case, for whatever reason, my gmx email address was not working anymore. I signed up for another one and now I'm back in business using it as my email address in Calibre!

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06-11-2018, 09:40 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,168 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	According to that your GMX username/password are wrong.

06-11-2018, 10:50 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,168 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	GMX thinks your username and password are incorrect, there's not anything calibre can do about that. And your username has to show your full email address, otherwise it is not going to work. Remember to click apply after changing it.

12-16-2018, 05:20 AM	#5
DarrenHill Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2018 Device: Kindle	I just came across this one myself, and I can give the solution. By default GMX emails don't allow access via POP3/IMAP - you have to go into the GMX email settings and activate it. Once you do that things work fine. See the link below for their help page on how to do it. https://support.gmx.com/pop-imap/toggle.html

02-12-2019, 02:02 AM	#10
Valkrider Addict Posts: 311 Karma: 1250000 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: Kobo Libra, iPadAir2, PRS600, iPhone 6, iPod, Palm TX	I had exactly this problem with GMX and once your account has been disabled I couldn't get mine re-enabled. I have now switched to Zoho and that is currently working fine. I will have to wait and see if that is disabled after a while like GMX was.

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