Troubleshooting Is there a limit to how many emails I can send to my @kindle.com account, per hour?

Gary King · 01-04-2012, 08:41 PM

It seems as though there might be a limit to my @kindle.com account in terms of how many emails I can send to it. I'm currently testing Instapaper to send articles to my Kindle, and the first few times I sent something there were no problems. But after two or so articles that I sent within a five minute span, future articles too significantly longer to arrive, with the next three taking 15 minutes or so, and then a few more after that taking at least two hours.

Is the @kindle.com just something clogged up at this particular time, or is there really a limit to how many emails you can send at a time before it becomes really slow? Would it be better t use Instapaper to send daily digests, once a day?

Todd Young · 01-04-2012, 10:33 PM

I've noticed this happening before when I've sent a few at a time. I just resend them.

tomsem · 01-05-2012, 12:45 AM

Can't say I've ever seen that. But I don't use instapaper—I use SendToKindle (Chrome plugin) and plain old email. Is it possible that it is instapaper that is the bottleneck?

odiakkoh · 01-05-2012, 10:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tomsem

Can't say I've ever seen that. But I don't use instapaper—I use SendToKindle (Chrome plugin) and plain old email. Is it possible that it is instapaper that is the bottleneck?

Same.

Sydney's Mom · 01-05-2012, 12:39 PM

I sent 26 at one time through Calibre. It took awhile, but they all showed up.

geoffwood · 01-05-2012, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Sydney's Mom

I sent 26 at one time through Calibre. It took awhile, but they all showed up.

If you use Gmail to send from Calibre it waits 5 minutes between sending each book in order to avoid triggering Google's Spam blocking system.

Villordsutch · 01-05-2012, 03:34 PM

How odd? I was just about to ask this too.

I sent a pdf from Calibre to my kindle and it arrived almost instantly. I noticed there was something missing so I amended and resent, 30 minutes later it still has not arrived.

I will send again, the other day I sent 8 pdfs at once and it took nearly an hour for it too arrive.

I thought it may be Amazon not wanting to get charged a fortune for numerous mail outs etc.

Gary King · 01-05-2012, 05:00 PM

I've been using Instapaper's "Send to Kindle" for the past hour or two now, sending about one article every ten minutes (to test how it converts different types of articles). It appears as though once it hits 5 pm - 6 pm (EST), then things really slow down, and the "Send to Kindle" takes 15 minutes or more, sometimes as I said earlier, two hours, when it took about 5 minutes during "off-peak hours".

Villordsutch · 01-05-2012, 05:07 PM

Flip all emails are getting to kindle now

via Calibre hmmmm it worked fine earlier this afternoon.

girlinstatic · 01-06-2012, 08:13 AM

I find it very hit and miss. Most times they come through within a few minutes, sometimes not at all... but i've even had an email come through a day later before! Quite annoying if you send quite a few, it's hard to keep track of what need resending.

01-04-2012, 08:41 PM	#1
Gary King Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: Amazon Kindle 4	Is there a limit to how many emails I can send to my @kindle.com account, per hour? It seems as though there might be a limit to my @kindle.com account in terms of how many emails I can send to it. I'm currently testing Instapaper to send articles to my Kindle, and the first few times I sent something there were no problems. But after two or so articles that I sent within a five minute span, future articles too significantly longer to arrive, with the next three taking 15 minutes or so, and then a few more after that taking at least two hours. Is the @kindle.com just something clogged up at this particular time, or is there really a limit to how many emails you can send at a time before it becomes really slow? Would it be better t use Instapaper to send daily digests, once a day?

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01-04-2012, 10:33 PM	#2
Todd Young Addict Posts: 243 Karma: 1004164 Join Date: May 2011 Device: Kindle 2	I've noticed this happening before when I've sent a few at a time. I just resend them.

01-05-2012, 12:45 AM	#3
tomsem Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,904 Karma: 27013865 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: USA Device: iPhone 15PM, Kindle Scribe, iPad mini 6, PocketBook InkPad Color 3	Can't say I've ever seen that. But I don't use instapaper—I use SendToKindle (Chrome plugin) and plain old email. Is it possible that it is instapaper that is the bottleneck?

01-05-2012, 12:39 PM	#5
Sydney's Mom Wizard Posts: 2,896 Karma: 6995721 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Idaho, on the side of a mountain Device: Kindle Oasis, Fire 3d Gen and 5th Gen and Samsung Tab S	I sent 26 at one time through Calibre. It took awhile, but they all showed up.

01-05-2012, 03:34 PM	#7
Villordsutch Tubby Viking Posts: 148 Karma: 1005578 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle4	How odd? I was just about to ask this too. I sent a pdf from Calibre to my kindle and it arrived almost instantly. I noticed there was something missing so I amended and resent, 30 minutes later it still has not arrived. I will send again, the other day I sent 8 pdfs at once and it took nearly an hour for it too arrive. I thought it may be Amazon not wanting to get charged a fortune for numerous mail outs etc.

01-05-2012, 05:00 PM	#8
Gary King Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: Amazon Kindle 4	I've been using Instapaper's "Send to Kindle" for the past hour or two now, sending about one article every ten minutes (to test how it converts different types of articles). It appears as though once it hits 5 pm - 6 pm (EST), then things really slow down, and the "Send to Kindle" takes 15 minutes or more, sometimes as I said earlier, two hours, when it took about 5 minutes during "off-peak hours".

01-05-2012, 05:07 PM	#9
Villordsutch Tubby Viking Posts: 148 Karma: 1005578 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle4	Flip all emails are getting to kindle now via Calibre hmmmm it worked fine earlier this afternoon.

01-06-2012, 08:13 AM	#10
girlinstatic Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Kindle Keyboard	I find it very hit and miss. Most times they come through within a few minutes, sometimes not at all... but i've even had an email come through a day later before! Quite annoying if you send quite a few, it's hard to keep track of what need resending.