Answers.Body: <p>No, this is impossible.</p>
  
  <p>Since the Kindle email service converts everything to a personal document, you must USB sideload in order to retain the periodical tag.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Calibre can send mails for you. I'd recommend to check the fine documentation:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><a href="http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/gui.html#connect-share" rel="nofollow">http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/gui.html#connect-share</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq.html#i-cannot-send-emails-using-app" rel="nofollow">http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq.html#i-cannot-send-emails-using-app</a></li>
  <li>And a forum post about handling it: <a href="http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=213166" rel="nofollow">http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=213166</a> </li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Update: and I'd recommend to check the source file for the recipe which is not working properly. It might not has the proper setting for the magazine type in it:</p>
  
  <pre><code>publication_type = 'magazine'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Another option to this is using the CLI tools of Calibre with a CLI mail client, e.g. from a shell script (if you are on *nix OS, like:</p>
  
  <pre><code>#!/bin/bash
  /path/to/ebook-convert /path/to/NEWSPAPER.recipe /path/to/OUTPUT.mobi &amp;&amp; \
      nail -a /path/to/OUTPUT.mobi -s WHATEVER &lt;&lt;&lt;""
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>(I'm using this above solution myself.)</p>
  
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Answers.Text: when I send file with email (with calibre or normal mail client) it goes to "Docs". I don't want this behaviour (as I told before).
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Answers.UserDisplayName: Zsolt Botykai
Body: <p>I have same RSS feeds, that I would like to read them via periodicals menu. I can create a .mobi file as need format for periodicals and send it to Kindle PW2 with usb cable or download it from a remote web server, it goes to periodicals menu as I need, but if I send same file it with email to kindle, it goes Docs. So how can I send file to periodicals with email way ?</p>
  
Tags: <kindle><mobi><kindle-paperwhite>
Title: Send periodicals via email
UserDisplayName: tanaydin
ThreadText: # Send periodicals via email
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2014-08-02)
  
  I have same RSS feeds, that I would like to read them via periodicals menu. I can create a .mobi file as need format for periodicals and send it to Kindle PW2 with usb cable or download it from a remote web server, it goes to periodicals menu as I need, but if I send same file it with email to kindle, it goes Docs. So how can I send file to periodicals with email way ?
  
  **Tags:** kindle, mobi, kindle-paperwhite
  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2015-08-18. Score: 3 | Accepted answer
  
  No, this is impossible.
  
  Since the Kindle email service converts everything to a personal document, you must USB sideload in order to retain the periodical tag.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2014-08-04. Score: 1
  
  Calibre can send mails for you. I'd recommend to check the fine documentation:
  
  * <http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/gui.html#connect-share>
  * <http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq.html#i-cannot-send-emails-using-app>
  * And a forum post about handling it: <http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=213166>
  
  Update: and I'd recommend to check the source file for the recipe which is not working properly. It might not has the proper setting for the magazine type in it:
  
  ```
  publication_type = 'magazine'
  
  ```
  
  Another option to this is using the CLI tools of Calibre with a CLI mail client, e.g. from a shell script (if you are on \*nix OS, like:
  
  ```
  #!/bin/bash
  /path/to/ebook-convert /path/to/NEWSPAPER.recipe /path/to/OUTPUT.mobi && \
      nail -a /path/to/OUTPUT.mobi -s WHATEVER <<<""
  
  ```
  
  (I'm using this above solution myself.)
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: when I send file with email (with calibre or normal mail client) it goes to "Docs". I don't want this behaviour (as I told before).  
  
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