Can't email books anymore (0.9.28)

[gers1978]

Ever since updating to 0.9.28 I can no longer email books. This has been working fine for years, and I haven't changed any settings at all.

Running OS X 10.8.3 and it's .mobi files I'm trying to send to various Kindle email addresses.

The error message is:

Starting job: Email <book name> to <email address hidden>

Sending failed...

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/email.py", line 37, in run
File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/email.py", line 114, in sendmail
File "site-packages/calibre/utils/smtp.py", line 94, in sendmail
File "site-packages/calibre/utils/smtp.py", line 86, in sendmail_direct
IOError: Failed to send mail: error(61, 'Connection refused')


Retrying in 1 seconds...


Sending failed...

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/email.py", line 37, in run
File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/email.py", line 114, in sendmail
File "site-packages/calibre/utils/smtp.py", line 94, in sendmail
File "site-packages/calibre/utils/smtp.py", line 86, in sendmail_direct
IOError: Failed to send mail: error(61, 'Connection refused')

Job: "Email <book name> to <email address hidden>" failed with error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/threaded_jobs.py", line 83, in start_work
File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/email.py", line 92, in __call__
IOError: Failed to send mail: error(61, 'Connection refused')

Called with args: (u'/var/folders/y1/bnz1t_v11pgfcrkp04mnb2m00000gn/T/calibre_0.9.28_tmp_xnCaPC/S9rWokcaltmpfmt.mobi', u'<book name>', u'<email address hidden>', u'E-book: <book name>', u'Attached, you will find the e-book\n\n<book name>\n\tby <author>\n\nin the MOBI format.') {u'notifications': <Queue.Queue instance at 0x120b822d8>, u'abort': <threading._Event object at 0x117202190>, u'log': <calibre.utils.logging.GUILog object at 0x117202090>}

[kovidgoyal]

There have been no changes to emailling in 0.9.28. Read this: http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq....ails-using-app

[gers1978]

I've read it already, not sure how it applies? Everything was working fine, and now it's not. I don't want to use Gmail

[kovidgoyal]

Again, it has nothing to do with the update. Whatever server you're sending to has decided your IP address is a spammer. But feel free to disbelieve me, it seems to be a trend these days. If you dont want to use gmail, use hotmail or setup your own mail relay.

[gers1978]

I don't disbelieve you, it's simply I can't understand how something that has worked for years just suddenly stops working with no apparent changes other than the .28 update. If you say it's not that, then it's not that.

If I email the SAME books to the SAME email addresses using the SAME email server, but use the Mac's Mail app instead of Calibre, they send fine and the recipient receives them fine. It's only sending from Calibre that doesn't work.

I don't want to use any other service as I assume each person I send books to will then have to go to their Manage My Kindle page and add the new service to their approved list?

[kovidgoyal]

Originally Posted by gers1978

If I email the SAME books to the SAME email addresses using the SAME email server, but use the Mac's Mail app instead of Calibre, they send fine and the recipient receives them fine. It's only sending from Calibre that doesn't work.

Mail.app will be using a relay. Seriously, use a relay.

I don't want to use any other service as I assume each person I send books to will then have to go to their Manage My Kindle page and add the new service to their approved list?

Assuming your relay is capable of relaying mails with the same from address as you are using currently, then no, they dont have to make any changes.

[gers1978]

How do Use a relay?

[kovidgoyal]

You have oto enter your email server information in Preferences->Sharing by email. The simplest way to do that is to use Gmail, for toher servers, you need to figure out the info yourself.