Email to kindle

[dbuckholtz]

I have been emailing books from Calibre to my Kindle for years. It worked last week. Today I get the following error:

Sending failed...

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre\gui2\email.py", line 47, in run
File "calibre\gui2\email.py", line 136, in sendmail
File "calibre\utils\smtp.py", line 162, in sendmail
File "calibre\utils\smtp.py", line 142, in sendmail_direct
OSError: Failed to send mail: SMTPRecipientsRefused({'drb_oasis_2@kindle.com': (550, b'5.7.1 IP address blacklisted by recipient')})

If I manually send the file using the same email address, it works. Unfortunately doing it that way limits the size of the file you can send.

Thanks in advance for any help.

[Loosheesh]

I just got this as well! And there I was thinking the problem was me and being in no mood to try to figure it out

[theducks]

I believe AWS has big issues.
My (Acurite) weather station reports is also hosted by AWS (Amazon Web Services)
No response all day

[kovidgoyal]

Use an email relay. https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq...-using-calibre

[mellykins]

Firstly, thank goodness its not just me, I have been able to email books to my kindle for years too, and I thought maybe it was the Amazon change to epub that was supposed to happen in August causing the problem.
However, I have since amended all my settings, then amended them back, updated Calibre and finally found this forum.
All good to try the work around with GMX but it currently will not let me create an email, it keeps circling back to the help center. So not sure how to proceed from here.

[starls]

Can confirm. Got the addressed problem for the first time ever today too.

Thanks @theducks, that's some good speculation. I hope amazon does not enact to only accept mails from spf-credited servers.

[dbuckholtz]

I tried using GMX. I got the same message. I tried a different network, different email accounts, different computers. Always got the same error.

[gbm]

I used GMX to send to kindle with no problems on 1/1/2022 at 7 p.m esst.


bernie

Originally Posted by dbuckholtz

I tried using GMX. I got the same message. I tried a different network, different email accounts, different computers. Always got the same error.

[SilentTardis]

also having the same problem, and was using it without problems since 2019

[theducks]

Originally Posted by starls

Can confirm. Got the addressed problem for the first time ever today too.

Thanks @theducks, that's some good speculation. I hope amazon does not enact to only accept mails from spf-credited servers.

Well, my (AWS) speculation was wrong. Something else messed up the needed cookies (there were still 10 according to Firefox), but I blew them away and reconfigured the site. The Red Herring was another local area site that also had Acurite brand was showing off-line at Weather Underground. I Jumped to conclusions

Turns out, a little used device showed my readings just fine, which made me dig way deeper. Still weird that I could not even get to the site front door (where you sign up). They may look for any of their cookies there.
Oh well, it got down to 37.6 last night

[gbm]

I just sent a ebook using calibre email to kindle via gmx. Ebook was on my kindle within a couple minutes.

$ calibre-debug -g
calibre 6.7.1  embedded-python: True
Linux-5.15.0-52-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.35 Linux ('64bit', 'ELF')
('Linux', '5.15.0-52-generic', '#58-Ubuntu SMP Thu Oct 13 08:03:55 UTC 2022')
Python 3.10.1
Interface language: None
Successfully initialized third party plugins: DeACSM (0, 0, 16) && DeDRM (10, 0, 3) && Baen (1, 1, 0) && Barnes & Noble (1, 4, 0) && Diaps Editing Toolbag (0, 4, 0) && EpubMerge (2, 15, 0) && EpubSplit (3, 5, 0) && Goodreads (1, 7, 1) && Hyphenate This! (0, 1, 3) && KePub Metadata Reader (3, 4, 3) && KePub Metadata Writer (3, 4, 3) && KePub Output (3, 6, 3) && KindleUnpack - The Plugin (0, 83, 1) && Kobo Books (1, 9, 2) && Kobo Utilities (2, 16, 6) && Modify ePub (1, 8, 0) && Quality Check (1, 13, 0)
QPA platform: xcb
devicePixelRatio: 1.0
logicalDpi: 96.0 x 96.0
physicalDpi: 92.53889943074003 x 92.67567567567568
Using calibre Qt style: True
[0.00] Starting up...
[0.00] Showing splash screen...
[0.06] splash screen shown
[0.06] Initializing db...
[0.24] db initialized
[0.24] Constructing main UI...
DEBUG:    0.0 Kobo Utilities Configuration - CreateNewCustomColumn is supported
DEBUG:    0.0 KoboUtilites::action.py - loading translations
DEBUG:    0.0 KoboUtilites::dialogs.py - loading translations
DEBUG:    0.0 KoboUtilites::action.py - loading translations
qt.gui.imageio: libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
qt.gui.imageio: libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
EpubMerge: DEBUG: 2022-11-03 12:43:11,561: calibre_plugins.epubmerge.epubmerge_plugin(154): macmenuhack file_path:/home/cocadog/.config/calibre/plugins/fanficfare_macmenuhack.txt
Key '' for shortcut Book list header menu is already used by Manage categories, ignoring
DEBUG:    0.8 No Kobo Touch, Glo or Mini appears to be connected
DEBUG:    0.8 rebuild_menus - self.supports_ratings=None, self.supports_tiles=None
DEBUG:    0.8 KoboUtilities:set_toolbar_button_tooltip - start: text='None'
DEBUG:    0.8 device_driver_name - could not load extended driver. Exception= No module named 'calibre_plugins.kobotouch_extended'
DEBUG:    0.8 KoboUtilities:set_toolbar_button_tooltip - setting to text='Utilities to use with Kobo ereaders

Driver: KoboTouch'
DEBUG:    0.8 device_driver_name - could not load extended driver. Exception= No module named 'calibre_plugins.kobotouch_extended'
Key '' for shortcut Book list header menu is already used by Manage categories, ignoring
Key '' for shortcut Book list header menu is already used by Manage categories, ignoring
[1.32] main UI initialized...
[1.33] Hiding splash screen
Starting QuickView
[1.64] splash screen hidden
[1.64] Started up in 1.64 seconds with 3519 books
Device using plugboard epub email None
Job: 0 Email Telzey Amberdon to xxxxxx@kindle.com finished
Starting job: Email Telzey Amberdon to xxxxxx@kindle.com 
	connect: to ('mail.gmx.com', 587) None 
	reply: b'220 gmx.net (mrgmx104) Nemesis ESMTP Service ready\r\n' 
	reply: retcode (220); Msg: b'gmx.net (mrgmx104) Nemesis ESMTP Service ready' 
	connect: b'gmx.net (mrgmx104) Nemesis ESMTP Service ready' 
	send: 'ehlo [127.0.1.1]\r\n' 
	reply: b'250-gmx.net Hello [127.0.1.1] [173.16.52.26]\r\n' 
	reply: b'250-8BITMIME\r\n' 
	reply: b'250-SIZE 69920427\r\n' 
	reply: b'250 STARTTLS\r\n' 
	reply: retcode (250); Msg: b'gmx.net Hello [127.0.1.1] [173.16.52.26]\n8BITMIME\nSIZE 69920427\nSTARTTLS' 
	send: 'STARTTLS\r\n' 
	reply: b'220 OK\r\n' 
	reply: retcode (220); Msg: b'OK' 
	send: 'ehlo [127.0.1.1]\r\n' 
	reply: b'250-gmx.net Hello [127.0.1.1] [173.16.52.26]\r\n' 
	reply: b'250-8BITMIME\r\n' 
	reply: b'250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN\r\n' 
	reply: b'250 SIZE 69920427\r\n' 
	reply: retcode (250); Msg: b'gmx.net Hello [127.0.1.1] [173.16.52.26]\n8BITMIME\nAUTH LOGIN PLAIN\nSIZE 69920427' 
	send: AUTH <censored> 
	reply: b'235 Authentication succeeded\r\n' 
	reply: retcode (235); Msg: b'Authentication succeeded' 
	send: 'mail FROM:<xxxxxx@gmx.com> size=646022\r\n' 
	reply: b'250 Requested mail action okay, completed\r\n' 
	reply: retcode (250); Msg: b'Requested mail action okay, completed' 
	send: 'rcpt TO:<xxxxxx@kindle.com>\r\n' 
	reply: b'250 OK\r\n' 
	reply: retcode (250); Msg: b'OK' 
	send: 'data\r\n' 
	reply: b'354 Start mail input; end with <CRLF>.<CRLF>\r\n' 
	reply: retcode (354); Msg: b'Start mail input; end with <CRLF>.<CRLF>' 
	data: (354, b'Start mail input; end with <CRLF>.<CRLF>') 
	send: b'From: xxxxxx@gmx.com\r\nTo: xxxxxx@kindle.com\r\nSubject: 6ACwLlrNTTcTTrVscVwCwB\r\nD... 
	reply: b'250 Requested mail action okay, completed: id=1MtwUm-1pBJQJ2Ky4-00uLku\r\n' 
	reply: retcode (250); Msg: b'Requested mail action okay, completed: id=1MtwUm-1pBJQJ2Ky4-00uLku' 
	data: (250, b'Requested mail action okay, completed: id=1MtwUm-1pBJQJ2Ky4-00uLku') 
	send: 'quit\r\n' 
	reply: b'221 gmx.net Service closing transmission channel\r\n' 
	reply: retcode (221); Msg: b'gmx.net Service closing transmission channel' 
	Email successfully sent

My suggestion based on my experience do not copy paste you kindle email address into calibre type it.

My email setup:


bernie

Originally Posted by SilentTardis

also having the same problem, and was using it without problems since 2019

[dbuckholtz]

I finally got GMX to work, but as another poster mentioned, I have to close Calibre and restart it between each book I send.

[kovidgoyal]

Originally Posted by dbuckholtz

I finally got GMX to work, but as another poster mentioned, I have to close Calibre and restart it between each book I send.

No, you dont. Read the first note under https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq...-using-calibre

[MalcolmClan]

I have been using Calibre for years sending to Amazon Kindle Paperwhite and now receiving this error, have tried connecting my GMX mailbox but also not working. Anyone had any success yet? I send to about 10 people at a time, so attaching the epub and emailing each person individually will take forever.

[FacetiousKnave]

Today a new update was released.