e-mailing mobitext files

wz2b · 03-10-2009, 12:59 AM

Does anybody know if you can e-mail a .mobi file straight to a kindle 2? And is there any way to make it be treated like a newspaper or blog (with an expiration, etc.) ?

wz2b · 03-10-2009, 01:02 AM

Maybe I should explain what I'm after here.

I want something kind of like a "personal blog." It'll be a cron job that generates some information I want sent to me once-a-day. It's not to compete with any of the subscription blogs amazon offers ... it's more stuff that is of interest to me. For example, I have some reports that I automatically generate out of Trac's timeline that I currently e-mail to myself I know I could have said cron job send them as plain text, or even as HTML, but it'd be much handier to put them into a .mobi file with a nice table of contents.

Leep · 03-10-2009, 01:37 AM

Yes, you can email your Kindle a .mobi book. Just send it an empty email to your Kindle with the file attached. It will pop up in your Kindle within a couple of minutes, generally. Don't know about date/time expiry. You will find your Kindle email address under "manage my Kindle"

cheers

03-10-2009, 12:59 AM	#1
wz2b Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Kindle 2	e-mailing mobitext files Does anybody know if you can e-mail a .mobi file straight to a kindle 2? And is there any way to make it be treated like a newspaper or blog (with an expiration, etc.) ? Last edited by wz2b; 03-10-2009 at 12:59 AM. Reason: didn't specify kindle 2

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03-10-2009, 01:02 AM	#2
wz2b Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Kindle 2	Maybe I should explain what I'm after here. I want something kind of like a "personal blog." It'll be a cron job that generates some information I want sent to me once-a-day. It's not to compete with any of the subscription blogs amazon offers ... it's more stuff that is of interest to me. For example, I have some reports that I automatically generate out of Trac's timeline that I currently e-mail to myself I know I could have said cron job send them as plain text, or even as HTML, but it'd be much handier to put them into a .mobi file with a nice table of contents.

03-10-2009, 01:37 AM	#3
Leep Guru Posts: 739 Karma: 1018859 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Near Seattle Device: kindle1, K3, K3G (thanks MR), iTouch, Kindle Touch	Yes, you can email your Kindle a .mobi book. Just send it an empty email to your Kindle with the file attached. It will pop up in your Kindle within a couple of minutes, generally. Don't know about date/time expiry. You will find your Kindle email address under "manage my Kindle" cheers

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