calibre 0.5.3 supports emailing books to the Kindle - Page 7

pilotbob · 10-20-2010, 02:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CyberEngel

Does calibre support emailing to kindle? I've tried both kindle.com & free.kindle.com (which is the one I'd prefer to use).

Yes it does. Have you set your "from" email address as a valid sender in your manage my kindle settings on amazon.com?

BOb

CyberEngel · 10-20-2010, 06:22 PM

Yes, I set the "send email from" to an approved address. I also tried adding the line:
export EMAIL=approved_email_address
to the /usr/bin/calibre script

kovidgoyal · 10-20-2010, 06:24 PM

calibre's DNS resolver is unable to resolve the MX record for my-domain. Which means you have a network setup that is unusual. Unfortunately, I'm travelling, so I can't help you more right now.

CyberEngel · 10-22-2010, 12:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

calibre's DNS resolver is unable to resolve the MX record for my-domain. Which means you have a network setup that is unusual. Unfortunately, I'm travelling, so I can't help you more right now.

I'm using my router as a DNS forwarder to resolve addresses. (I've tried this at a couple of locations, so I know it's not my network config.) I know nslookup can resolve the MX record. See below...

Quote:

paul@paul-laptop:~$ nslookup
> set type=MX
> free.kindle.com
Server: 10.10.11.1
Address: 10.10.11.1#53

Non-authoritative answer:
free.kindle.com mail exchanger = 10 smtp-fw-2101.amazon.com.
free.kindle.com mail exchanger = 10 smtp-fw-4101.amazon.com.
free.kindle.com mail exchanger = 10 smtp-fw-9101.amazon.com.

Authoritative answers can be found from:
com nameserver = m.gtld-servers.net.
com nameserver = d.gtld-servers.net.
com nameserver = e.gtld-servers.net.
com nameserver = g.gtld-servers.net.
com nameserver = k.gtld-servers.net.
com nameserver = f.gtld-servers.net.
com nameserver = j.gtld-servers.net.
com nameserver = i.gtld-servers.net.
com nameserver = a.gtld-servers.net.
com nameserver = b.gtld-servers.net.
com nameserver = l.gtld-servers.net.
com nameserver = c.gtld-servers.net.
com nameserver = h.gtld-servers.net.
a.gtld-servers.net internet address = 192.5.6.30
a.gtld-servers.net has AAAA address 2001:503:a83e::2:30
b.gtld-servers.net internet address = 192.33.14.30
b.gtld-servers.net has AAAA address 2001:503:231d::2:30
c.gtld-servers.net internet address = 192.26.92.30
d.gtld-servers.net internet address = 192.31.80.30
e.gtld-servers.net internet address = 192.12.94.30
f.gtld-servers.net internet address = 192.35.51.30

kovidgoyal · 10-22-2010, 02:05 PM

Try this:

calibre-debug -c "import dns.resolver; print list(dns.resolver.query('host', 'MX'))"

Replace host with your domain

CyberEngel · 10-23-2010, 12:22 PM

Quote:

paul@paul-laptop:~$ calibre-debug -c "import dns.resolver; print list(dns.resolver.query('free.kindle.com', 'MX'))"[<DNS IN MX rdata: \# 24 000a0c736d74702d66772d3231303106 616d617a6f6ec018>, <DNS IN MX rdata: \# 17 000a0c736d74702d66772d34313031c0 3c>, <DNS IN MX rdata: \# 17 000a0c736d74702d66772d39313031c0 3c>]
paul@paul-laptop:~$ calibre-debug -c "import dns.resolver; print list(dns.resolver.query('kindle.com', 'MX'))"
[<DNS IN MX rdata: \# 24 000a0c736d74702d66772d3931303106 616d617a6f6ec013>, <DNS IN MX rdata: \# 17 000a0c736d74702d66772d34313031c0 37>]

So what does this mean?

kovidgoyal · 10-23-2010, 12:50 PM

oops forgot to format the results;

[code]
calibre-debug -c "import dns.resolver; print [getattr(x, 'exchange', None) for x in list(dns.resolver.query('free.kindle.com', 'MX'))]"

CyberEngel · 10-23-2010, 01:02 PM

paul@paul-laptop:~$ calibre-debug -c "import dns.resolver; print [getattr(x, 'exchange', None) for x in list(dns.resolver.query('free.kindle.com', 'MX'))]"
[None, None, None]

kovidgoyal · 10-23-2010, 01:19 PM

Yeah as I thought the DNS resolver isn't able to find an MX records for the domain. Unfortunately, finding out why is not easy, as DNS resolution on linux is rather flexible.

calibre uses the DNS resolver from http://www.dnspython.org/ I would suggest installing that separately and debugging it.

CyberEngel · 10-23-2010, 01:31 PM

I installed dnspython and used one of their example to resolve MX records:

Quote:

import dns.resolver

answers = dns.resolver.query('free.kindle.com', 'MX')
for rdata in answers:
print 'Host', rdata.exchange, 'has preference', rdata.preference

and it works fine:

Quote:

paul@paul-laptop:~$ python test.py
Host smtp-fw-2101.amazon.com. has preference 10
Host smtp-fw-4101.amazon.com. has preference 10
Host smtp-fw-9101.amazon.com. has preference 10

CyberEngel · 10-23-2010, 01:34 PM

More interesting stuff... When I query 'free.kindle.com' I get three answers, both from dnspython and calibre-debug:

Quote:

paul@paul-laptop:~$ python test.py
Host smtp-fw-2101.amazon.com. has preference 10
Host smtp-fw-4101.amazon.com. has preference 10
Host smtp-fw-9101.amazon.com. has preference 10
paul@paul-laptop:~$ calibre-debug -c "import dns.resolver; print [getattr(x, 'exchange', None) for x in list(dns.resolver.query('free.kindle.com', 'MX'))]"
[None, None, None]

When I try 'kindle.com' I get two answers from both:

Quote:

paul@paul-laptop:~$ python test.py
Host smtp-fw-4101.amazon.com. has preference 10
Host smtp-fw-9101.amazon.com. has preference 10
paul@paul-laptop:~$ calibre-debug -c "import dns.resolver; print [getattr(x, 'exchange', None) for x in list(dns.resolver.query('kindle.com', 'MX'))]"
[None, None]

kovidgoyal · 10-23-2010, 01:42 PM

Hmm that's weird. I'm at a loss

steveh11 · 10-25-2010, 10:31 AM

First time Calibre user, also neophyte Kindle user.
I'm trying to set up the email-to-Kindle feature. I'm using my gmail account. I get the following when i press "Test":

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\wizard\send_email.py", line 108, in test_email_settings
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\smtp.py", line 96, in sendmail
File "smtplib.py", line 295, in connect
File "smtplib.py", line 273, in _get_socket
File "socket.py", line 500, in create_connection
gaierror: [Errno 11001] getaddrinfo failed

I have verified, several times, that my password is correct. Help?

EDIT: Never mind - I believe it was a port blocked issue. Now successfully resolved. :-)

Ketandp · 11-03-2010, 08:06 AM

Hello Steve,

What sort of port block issue you were facing?
I'm not even trying to send an email, just while downloading the sceheduled news is when I'm getting this error. I was able to do it just fine a few minutes back, all of sudden while I was customizing the feeds and testing, it stopped and giving me this error.
Could you pleaes let me know what ports and whether that was blocked by your ISP or something??
Thanks.

steveh11 · 11-05-2010, 02:57 AM

The company I work at blocks all sorts of stuff for security/AV reasons. When i got home and used my own router all problems went away - that's all I can say!

10-20-2010, 06:22 PM	#92
CyberEngel Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle 3	Yes, I set the "send email from" to an approved address. I also tried adding the line: export EMAIL=approved_email_address to the /usr/bin/calibre script Last edited by CyberEngel; 10-20-2010 at 06:25 PM.

10-25-2010, 10:31 AM	#103
steveh11 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle-3	First time Calibre user, also neophyte Kindle user. I'm trying to set up the email-to-Kindle feature. I'm using my gmail account. I get the following when i press "Test": Traceback (most recent call last): File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\wizard\send_email.py", line 108, in test_email_settings File "site-packages\calibre\utils\smtp.py", line 96, in sendmail File "smtplib.py", line 295, in connect File "smtplib.py", line 273, in _get_socket File "socket.py", line 500, in create_connection gaierror: [Errno 11001] getaddrinfo failed I have verified, several times, that my password is correct. Help? EDIT: Never mind - I believe it was a port blocked issue. Now successfully resolved. :-) Last edited by steveh11; 10-25-2010 at 02:05 PM.

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10-20-2010, 06:24 PM	#93
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,296 Karma: 27111240 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	calibre's DNS resolver is unable to resolve the MX record for my-domain. Which means you have a network setup that is unusual. Unfortunately, I'm travelling, so I can't help you more right now.

10-22-2010, 02:05 PM	#95
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,296 Karma: 27111240 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Try this: calibre-debug -c "import dns.resolver; print list(dns.resolver.query('host', 'MX'))" Replace host with your domain

10-23-2010, 12:50 PM	#97
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,296 Karma: 27111240 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	oops forgot to format the results; [code] calibre-debug -c "import dns.resolver; print [getattr(x, 'exchange', None) for x in list(dns.resolver.query('free.kindle.com', 'MX'))]"

10-23-2010, 01:02 PM	#98
CyberEngel Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle 3	paul@paul-laptop:~$ calibre-debug -c "import dns.resolver; print [getattr(x, 'exchange', None) for x in list(dns.resolver.query('free.kindle.com', 'MX'))]" [None, None, None]

10-23-2010, 01:19 PM	#99
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,296 Karma: 27111240 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Yeah as I thought the DNS resolver isn't able to find an MX records for the domain. Unfortunately, finding out why is not easy, as DNS resolution on linux is rather flexible. calibre uses the DNS resolver from http://www.dnspython.org/ I would suggest installing that separately and debugging it.

10-23-2010, 01:42 PM	#102
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,296 Karma: 27111240 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Hmm that's weird. I'm at a loss

11-03-2010, 08:06 AM	#104
Ketandp Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle3, Sony PRS 700BC	Hello Steve, What sort of port block issue you were facing? I'm not even trying to send an email, just while downloading the sceheduled news is when I'm getting this error. I was able to do it just fine a few minutes back, all of sudden while I was customizing the feeds and testing, it stopped and giving me this error. Could you pleaes let me know what ports and whether that was blocked by your ISP or something?? Thanks.

11-05-2010, 02:57 AM	#105
steveh11 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle-3	The company I work at blocks all sorts of stuff for security/AV reasons. When i got home and used my own router all problems went away - that's all I can say!

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