Calibre will not email to Kindle 3

[Manichean]

Originally Posted by bookit

No message there Manichean - All it says for the job details is that it is 'working' and progress is 'unavailable' - I could leave it run for ever and it will remain exactly like that with the job wheel spinning.

You opened up the job details page and it said that?

[bookit]

I've tried using my snipping tool to show you exactly what I'm seeing, but I cannot paste it here into the message, so this is what it is:-
Job Status Progress Running Time
Email book title to and Working Unavailable 15m 39s
the email address

[bookit]

Well it did not stay in the format that I laid it out, so I'll try it a different way.
Job - Email (book title) and the (email address) that I'm sending to.
Status - Working
Progress - Unavailable
Running Time - 15m 39s

[Manichean]

That's in a table view, right? You'll need to select that entry and click on "show job details". Then another window should open. Paste the contents of that window.

[bookit]

That wasn't working for me at all Manichean, as it was on show job details at all times, and I couldn't change it -But, I just downloaded the latest update and 'voila' everything is working just fine again - Thank you so much for your help to this point though - Bookit

[pegallan]

I'm having the same problem. I'm using Windows XP / Kindle 3 / output mail: xxx@hotmail.com / input mail: xxx@kindle.com, and the error message is:

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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\wizard\send_email.py", line 115, in test_email_settings
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\smtp.py", line 91, in sendmail
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\smtp.py", line 83, in sendmail_direct
IOError: Failed to send mail: error(10060, 'A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond')


Log:
Find mail exchanger for kindle.com
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\smtp.py", line 76, in sendmail_direct
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\smtplib.py", line 303, in connect
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\smtplib.py", line 281, in _get_socket
File "socket.py", line 571, in create_connection
error: [Errno 10060] A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond


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and I'm sure the accounts are working fine because I use them every day for sending books to my kindle.

Any help

[Manichean]

Do you have a firewall running on your network (or your machine)? If so, check to see if Calibre is allowed to communicate, if it isn't, add a rule and try again. Also, check your server settings.

[dieterpops]

I'm having a problem sending to a kindle too. I can have calibre send a file to dropbox, but when it attempts to send to a kindle, it fails. Any suggestions?

[dieterpops]

Fixed.