The Washington Post Newsfeed Stopped Downloading Today

Newsman · 10-17-2017, 11:21 AM

Tries to work for about 20 minutes, then quits with an error message.

The RSS feed works fine in Firefox.

kovidgoyal · 10-18-2017, 03:38 AM

What error message?

Newsman · 10-19-2017, 11:52 PM

Sorry, I did not save it, but it contained a lot of lines of 'connection failed', as it worked its way through the various news headings. Not being a programmer, I am just assuming that it was downloading the RSS feed, which I also have on my computer and seems identical, and which I was having no trouble with.

However, after 2 days of no downloads to calibre--today, things returned to normal. I tried creating a recipe yesterday from just the WaPo National stories RSS feed, and it, too failed, while I was having no trouble getting it to work in Firefox.

Just want to add that I am blown away by this capability of calibre. I can download news from several of my favorite sources, and read them like a newspaper while commuting to work. Thanks for calibre!

kovidgoyal · 10-20-2017, 12:49 AM

You're welcome

10-17-2017, 11:21 AM	#1
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10-18-2017, 03:38 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,858 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	What error message?

10-19-2017, 11:52 PM	#3
Newsman Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2017 Device: Kindle Oasis	Sorry, I did not save it, but it contained a lot of lines of 'connection failed', as it worked its way through the various news headings. Not being a programmer, I am just assuming that it was downloading the RSS feed, which I also have on my computer and seems identical, and which I was having no trouble with. However, after 2 days of no downloads to calibre--today, things returned to normal. I tried creating a recipe yesterday from just the WaPo National stories RSS feed, and it, too failed, while I was having no trouble getting it to work in Firefox. Just want to add that I am blown away by this capability of calibre. I can download news from several of my favorite sources, and read them like a newspaper while commuting to work. Thanks for calibre!

10-20-2017, 12:49 AM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,858 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You're welcome

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