emailed subscriptions can't be deleted

mark_e_h · 02-10-2012, 01:12 AM

News publications (NY Times, for example) that are e-mailed to my Kindle can't be deleted from the Kindle. Holding your finger on the listing to get the delete menu to come up does nothing.

The same publication the was downloaded when the Kindle is connected is deleted the normal way - by holding down your finger on the listing.

How do I get rid of the emailed version??

thnx,

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kovidgoyal · 02-10-2012, 01:44 AM

go to your manage my kindle page on amazon and disable archiving of personal dicuments.

mark_e_h · 02-10-2012, 12:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

go to your manage my kindle page on amazon and disable archiving of personal dicuments.

Wow... that's a heavy cost. There are lots of other things that I want Amazon to be able to store.

No other way??

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mark_e_h · 02-10-2012, 02:08 PM

Looking at the Kindle as a disc in Win7, in the documents directory -

1. - News publications emailed by Calibre show up as files with a .pobi extension.

2. - publications downloaded to the Kindle from Calibre while the Kindle is plugged each show up a separate directory, with the directory extension of .sdr. The actual file, in the directory is a type .mbs

The first (1) can't be deleted from the Kindle. The second (2) can be deleted.

I deleted the 4 I had downloaded (.pobi) "by hand" when the Kindle was plugged in, using Windows Explorer. The result seems ok.

I like the idea of new publications showing up on my Kindle, even when I'm not around my computer. So this might be an acceptable compromise - email the files, and when I finally get back to my office, plug the Kindle in and hand delete all of the .pobi files.

Does this all make sense???

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kovidgoyal · 02-10-2012, 10:31 PM

Feel free to bug amazon to stop auto converting emailed news to personal documents.

02-10-2012, 01:12 AM	#1
mark_e_h Connoisseur Posts: 95 Karma: 20 Join Date: Aug 2011 Device: Kindle Paperwhite/IpadMini	emailed subscriptions can't be deleted News publications (NY Times, for example) that are e-mailed to my Kindle can't be deleted from the Kindle. Holding your finger on the listing to get the delete menu to come up does nothing. The same publication the was downloaded when the Kindle is connected is deleted the normal way - by holding down your finger on the listing. How do I get rid of the emailed version?? thnx, .

02-10-2012, 02:08 PM	#4
mark_e_h Connoisseur Posts: 95 Karma: 20 Join Date: Aug 2011 Device: Kindle Paperwhite/IpadMini	little more research Looking at the Kindle as a disc in Win7, in the documents directory - 1. - News publications emailed by Calibre show up as files with a .pobi extension. 2. - publications downloaded to the Kindle from Calibre while the Kindle is plugged each show up a separate directory, with the directory extension of .sdr. The actual file, in the directory is a type .mbs The first (1) can't be deleted from the Kindle. The second (2) can be deleted. I deleted the 4 I had downloaded (.pobi) "by hand" when the Kindle was plugged in, using Windows Explorer. The result seems ok. I like the idea of new publications showing up on my Kindle, even when I'm not around my computer. So this might be an acceptable compromise - email the files, and when I finally get back to my office, plug the Kindle in and hand delete all of the .pobi files. Does this all make sense??? .

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kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,351 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	go to your manage my kindle page on amazon and disable archiving of personal dicuments.

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