How on earth do you get email working ?

mobelby · 12-20-2009, 08:23 PM

Hi,

I've tried everything to get the email to the iphone working so I can sync for my bus journey reads on the iphone.

Background - I have a kindle outside US (not a global one) so I manually upload books. I understood that I could also upload a book to my iphone through the email route (I've tried .mobi and .txt). I've set up the email address and approved email senders on the manage your kindle page but whenever I send my kindle an email attachment nothing appears, no matter how many days I wait.

My question is - if your kindle is out of range but you have a working iphone kindle app will you not receive the emailed book ? Ie does it rely on you having both the kindle and the iphone within wireless range ?

Thanks

daffy4u · 12-20-2009, 09:28 PM

You can only email to Kindles, not iPhones.

The Kindle and iPhone will sync if they both have a wireless signal (Whispernet/Kindle and WiFi or 3G/iPhone).

mobelby · 12-20-2009, 09:55 PM

Thanks Daffy,

Now I think I'm beginning to see some light.

Next question I have is that if I send a .mobi file to my free kindle address (ie ZZZ@free.kindle.com) will it be on the kindle account page and after I have uploaded it to the kindle via that page will I be able to sync it with an iphone ?

Thanks

daffy4u · 12-20-2009, 09:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mobelby

Thanks Daffy,

Now I think I'm beginning to see some light.

Next question I have is that if I send a .mobi file to my free kindle address (ie ZZZ@free.kindle.com) will it be on the kindle account page and after I have uploaded it to the kindle via that page will I be able to sync it with an iphone ?

Thanks

You will only be able to sync content purchased form Amazon and that is the only content you'll see on your Manage Your Kindle page. They don't keep the personal files you send to your Kindle on their servers, so they can't keep them in sync.

mobelby · 12-20-2009, 10:28 PM

That's cleared that one up.

For anyone else seeking to sync your reading of your own (non amazon purchased) books between your kindle and your iphone, you'll have to do it the manual way via the stanza app on the iphone (uploaded via calibre server).

In other words, you note the last words you've read on your kindle or iphone stanza and then search for those words on the other device.

This was important to me as I was reading an 1100 page book between the two devices. (Sometimes you just can't carry that kindle with you)

12-20-2009, 08:23 PM	#1
mobelby Zealot Posts: 107 Karma: 224 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: eeepc 901	How on earth do you get email working ? Hi, I've tried everything to get the email to the iphone working so I can sync for my bus journey reads on the iphone. Background - I have a kindle outside US (not a global one) so I manually upload books. I understood that I could also upload a book to my iphone through the email route (I've tried .mobi and .txt). I've set up the email address and approved email senders on the manage your kindle page but whenever I send my kindle an email attachment nothing appears, no matter how many days I wait. My question is - if your kindle is out of range but you have a working iphone kindle app will you not receive the emailed book ? Ie does it rely on you having both the kindle and the iphone within wireless range ? Thanks

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12-20-2009, 09:28 PM	#2
daffy4u I'm Super Kindle-icious Posts: 6,734 Karma: 2434103 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Long Drive, Calinadia Candafornia Device: KDXG, KT, Oasis	You can only email to Kindles, not iPhones. The Kindle and iPhone will sync if they both have a wireless signal (Whispernet/Kindle and WiFi or 3G/iPhone).

12-20-2009, 09:55 PM	#3
mobelby Zealot Posts: 107 Karma: 224 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: eeepc 901	Thanks Daffy, Now I think I'm beginning to see some light. Next question I have is that if I send a .mobi file to my free kindle address (ie ZZZ@free.kindle.com) will it be on the kindle account page and after I have uploaded it to the kindle via that page will I be able to sync it with an iphone ? Thanks

12-20-2009, 10:28 PM	#5
mobelby Zealot Posts: 107 Karma: 224 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: eeepc 901	That's cleared that one up. For anyone else seeking to sync your reading of your own (non amazon purchased) books between your kindle and your iphone, you'll have to do it the manual way via the stanza app on the iphone (uploaded via calibre server). In other words, you note the last words you've read on your kindle or iphone stanza and then search for those words on the other device. This was important to me as I was reading an 1100 page book between the two devices. (Sometimes you just can't carry that kindle with you)

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