Amazon Kindle Email mystery

woody2234

I have now a Kindle fire Tablet and discovered now my own kindle email address which ends in @kindle.com but why is it so difficult to set up I mean I have a Kindle account and Kindle tablet (yes its registered to my Amazon account) and Kindle email but during set up its asking what type of account ie POP3 or IMAP or Exchange. Thankyou in advance

KxMx

Kindle email addresses are not external services like Yahoo or Hotmail with an inbox, sent items etc.

Rather it is an internal system linked to your Kindle- you can email stuff to your kindle address from say hotmail as a way of getting documents and other files onto the device. Amazon then converts them into a compatible format for the device.

Check out the FAQs on Amazon on the subject

peace-maker

Yes, as KxMx says, you send to that kindle email address (from your current email address) to read on your kindle.

For example, send an email to your @kindle email with a pdf attachment, and put 'convert' in the subject. Wait a little while, and then your kindle will display the text of the converted pdf - as best as it can (pdf conversion can be a little ropey though).

or you can sent normal txt. files etc.

Oblivion

There is also a 'Send To Kindle' app which makes sending documents from your PC or tablet to the Kindle as described above much easier. http://www.amazon.com/gp/sendtokindle