Sending by e-mail removes images

sup · 06-03-2018, 07:02 PM

I recently setup calibre to send newspapers to my kindle via e-mail. The file has over 30 MB. However, I noticed Calibre strips the file of images, presumably so that it can be sent by e-mail. Is there a way to tell calibre to downsize the images instead of removing them? Or is something else altogether causing this?

kovidgoyal · 06-03-2018, 09:55 PM

calibre does not remove images when sending by email. And images can be downsized by editing the recipe and using compress_new_images

sup · 06-04-2018, 03:52 AM

So what does happen? The file as downloaded has 31 MB, which is too large to be sent by Gmail. When I open it in my computer, the images are there. When I transfer the file to my kindle over USB? the images are there. When I sent the file via e-mail, the images are not there, yet the file arrives. Is Google stripping them? Or Amazon (which the file should never reach, I think)?

kovidgoyal · 06-04-2018, 04:25 AM

How would I know what happens? I dont have special insight into either gmail or amazon. In any case use GMX rather than GMail IIRC it has a 50MB limit, and it's not as incentivized as google to read your email.

BetterRed · 06-04-2018, 09:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

. . . it's not as incentivized as google to read your email.

chuckle chuckle

06-03-2018, 07:02 PM	#1
sup Zealot Posts: 106 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2013 Device: Kindle Paperwhite (2012)	Sending by e-mail removes images I recently setup calibre to send newspapers to my kindle via e-mail. The file has over 30 MB. However, I noticed Calibre strips the file of images, presumably so that it can be sent by e-mail. Is there a way to tell calibre to downsize the images instead of removing them? Or is something else altogether causing this?

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06-03-2018, 09:55 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,604 Karma: 28548974 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	calibre does not remove images when sending by email. And images can be downsized by editing the recipe and using compress_new_images

06-04-2018, 03:52 AM	#3
sup Zealot Posts: 106 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2013 Device: Kindle Paperwhite (2012)	So what does happen? The file as downloaded has 31 MB, which is too large to be sent by Gmail. When I open it in my computer, the images are there. When I transfer the file to my kindle over USB? the images are there. When I sent the file via e-mail, the images are not there, yet the file arrives. Is Google stripping them? Or Amazon (which the file should never reach, I think)?

06-04-2018, 04:25 AM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,604 Karma: 28548974 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	How would I know what happens? I dont have special insight into either gmail or amazon. In any case use GMX rather than GMail IIRC it has a 50MB limit, and it's not as incentivized as google to read your email.