This is a current, unresolved problem: Instapaper does not automatically send new articles to my
Kindle every day.
This, despite the fact that my Instapaper account is correctly set up to auto-send new
articles to my Kindle, and my Kindle account is properly set up to receive them.
Manage Your Kindle on Instapaper’s web site
Here’s the scenario:
There are new unread articles in my Instapaper account that are more than a day old.
My Instapaper account is configured to email new articles to my Kindle every day
(see above). I have a Kindle 3 wifi-only.
I never receive any emails from Instapaper unless I click the Send Now
button. Then, the new Instapaper issue is sent and arrives on my Kindle exactly as
expected.
The manual sends arrive just fine; ergo: the Kindle email address is properly
configured, and the Kindle account is properly set up to receive the emails.
The status just above the Send Now button commonly reads “Your last
compilation was sent 4 days ago” even when there are new unread articles sitting in the
account.
I conclude that Instapaper simply is not sending the emails for some reason. Any
guesses as to why?
If you’re still having problems, let us know in the comments!
Yep same problem. It never worked, even though I had daily delivery set and was
regularly adding new articles - then I randomly got a delivery the other day—then
nothing since…
I hit the “reset history” button on IP’s kindle settings page, and it has
successfully made my delivery two days in a row.
I’m not sure why I didn’t try that sooner, as it’s literally the only thing on that
page that sounds remotely like it might do something, but hopefully it will help the
rest of you too.
Put me down as having this problem as well. I thought I was the only one. I sent email
but I’m sure Marco is very busy. I’ve tried resetting the history many times and also
created another instapaper account. Neither has worked.
There’s been some work on this since late May, apparently - see the updates above.
Still not workign though.
If everyone who is still having this problem could tweet this post to @Instapaper,
perhaps we could make him more aware of it and help him track down the problem.
I’ve had this problem on-and-off for months. It seemed to work well if I did the
@kindle.com and set my Amazon charge maximum to $0.00, but it has never
worked right with the @free.kindle.com address.
It looks like something has changed and my auto delivery has started to work again. I
noticed this a couple of days ago, but it may have been back longer as I had my
wireless switched off. Happy Days!
I first tried setting this up about two weeks ago, but it has never worked. Only doing
the manual “send now” works. I also find the 20 article limit to be too limiting.
How to tell Instapaper to send to my Kindle unread posts only once? Because always I
still have already sent posts! It always sends me 10 posts, including the ones it
already sent me..So, if I mark one to “to read”, it send me 1 unread + 9 already sent.
And it’s quite annoying :S
Comments
nickv·May 24, 2011
I’m having the same problem, but no solution. Please keep us updated if you figure anything out.Marcel·May 27, 2011
Same issue here - did you get any progress?Mike·May 30, 2011
Yep same problem. It never worked, even though I had daily delivery set and was regularly adding new articles - then I randomly got a delivery the other day—then nothing since…Tiago·May 30, 2011
Same issue here.James·June 01, 2011
Yep same here—lets all tweet @instaper and ask?nickv·June 02, 2011
I hit the “reset history” button on IP’s kindle settings page, and it has successfully made my delivery two days in a row.
I’m not sure why I didn’t try that sooner, as it’s literally the only thing on that page that sounds remotely like it might do something, but hopefully it will help the rest of you too.
James·June 09, 2011
Put me down as having this problem as well. I thought I was the only one. I sent email but I’m sure Marco is very busy. I’ve tried resetting the history many times and also created another instapaper account. Neither has worked.Joel·June 14, 2011
There’s been some work on this since late May, apparently - see the updates above. Still not workign though.
If everyone who is still having this problem could tweet this post to @Instapaper, perhaps we could make him more aware of it and help him track down the problem.
n8henrie·June 17, 2011
I’ve had this problem on-and-off for months. It seemed to work well if I did the@kindle.comand set my Amazon charge maximum to $0.00, but it has never worked right with the@free.kindle.comaddress.Dr Citrus·July 02, 2011
I’ve had this issue from day one. Has never worked.Marcel·July 06, 2011
It looks like something has changed and my auto delivery has started to work again. I noticed this a couple of days ago, but it may have been back longer as I had my wireless switched off. Happy Days!SoundExplorer·July 06, 2011
I first tried setting this up about two weeks ago, but it has never worked. Only doing the manual “send now” works. I also find the 20 article limit to be too limiting.Dreyfusard·July 09, 2011
Same here. Only manual send works with free Kindle account. Trying now with non-free address…tiede·July 10, 2011
Same here - not workingyioann·July 27, 2011
same here. it does not work. I will try with@kindle.comand I will let you know.yioann·August 02, 2011
The problem persists. I even deleted my account and recreated it. It still does not workyioann·August 07, 2011
It started working out of the blue today, but I can not trust the service anymore.
I will give http://klip.me a try. They added a functionality to save articles and send them as a periodical to kindle.
Gary Cheeseman·August 07, 2011
I’m having the exact same problem as described in the post too.Mark Wills·August 24, 2011
Not working for me either. :-(Dreyfusard·August 24, 2011
I increasingly turn to Readability for precisely this reason. But Readability does not appear to let one “save” an article from a mobile device…sygyzy·August 30, 2011
Same here. not working for me as well. Very frustrating!Kevin·September 15, 2011
September now. The problem continues…Dreyfusard·October 06, 2011
Unexpectedly received a digest last night. Maybe the problem’s been resolved?Joel A.·October 13, 2011
It looks like it’s working! I’ll update the post.sebo·January 15, 2012
I still have this problem; using the@kindle.comaddress with a Kindle 4 (non-keyboard). Anyone else?Federico Solazzo·May 30, 2012
How to tell Instapaper to send to my Kindle unread posts only once? Because always I still have already sent posts! It always sends me 10 posts, including the ones it already sent me..So, if I mark one to “to read”, it send me 1 unread + 9 already sent. And it’s quite annoying :Smihkelgysson·July 22, 2012
I have the same problem :(
Any help?