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Why didn't it arrive?

Start with the delivery status in RoutineInk. If Amazon returns a refusal, the dashboard shows the likely cause and the next step. These are the checks that resolve most other cases.

Check these three first

  1. Is the full sending address approved? Copy the complete address shown in RoutineInk into Amazon's Approved Personal Document E-mail List. A domain alone is not enough. The fix →
  2. Is the destination address right? One transposed character and the document goes nowhere. It ends in @kindle.com and lives in Personal Document Settings. Where to find it →
  3. Is it in the Kindle library rather than on the device? Documents sync when the device is awake and on Wi-Fi. A Kindle that has been asleep in a bag has not fetched anything. Check Manage Your Content and Devices → Documents before assuming it was lost.

Every cause, and its fix

Amazon refused mail from your sending address

Retry after fixing

Amazon only accepts documents from addresses on your Approved Personal Document E-mail List, and your RoutineInk address isn't on it yet. Since April 2025 Amazon requires the full address — a wildcard like @send.routineink.com will not work. Add exactly this address, then send again.

Copy address and open Amazon settings →

That delivery address does not exist

Needs a change

Amazon says there's no device at that address. Check it under Manage Your Content and Devices → Preferences → Personal Document Settings — the address usually ends in @kindle.com.

The file was too big to email

Retry after fixing

This one came to 25+ MB and the mail limit is 25 MB. It's almost always images. Turning images off — or down to grayscale, which is what your reader shows anyway — fixes it.

That document format could not be used

Needs a change

RoutineInk could not read that page or document, or Amazon could not convert its contents. Try sharing the actual PDF or EPUB file, or use a supported web article, Word, Markdown, HTML, or text document.

Amazon is rate-limiting your documents

Retry after fixing

Amazon caps how many personal documents one account can receive in a day. We'll retry the rest tomorrow — nothing is lost, and you don't need to do anything.

This device is not verified yet

Retry after fixing

Before the first real send we mail a one-page test document and wait to hear that it arrived. That's how we catch a missing approval before it eats a week of your reading.

We couldn't find an article on that page

Needs a change

The page loaded but there was no readable body — usually a landing page, a video, or a site that needs you to sign in. Open the article in your browser and send the page with the extension.

This page needs the browser extension

Needs a change

Open the article in your browser and use the RoutineInk extension. It sends the article already visible in your signed-in session.

That RSS source is not responding

Retry after fixing

RoutineInk could not reach this source after several tries. Check the publisher's address or try again later.

You have hit a plan limit

Needs a change

This send needs a larger plan.

Service-side failures

These are handled by RoutineInk. You can retry later or contact us with the delivery id if the status does not clear.

When there is no refusal

Amazon does not send a positive delivery receipt. RoutineInk therefore waits about 30 minutes for a refusal notice. If none arrives, the send is marked delivered. This means Amazon accepted the mail; it does not prove that a particular device downloaded the document.

If the document is not visible after that:

  • Check the Kindle library. Look under Documents in Manage Your Content and Devices, then wake the Kindle and connect it to Wi-Fi.
  • Recheck both addresses. Confirm the destination ends in @kindle.com and the exact RoutineInk sending address is approved on the same Amazon account.
  • Retry once. A temporary delay may clear on a second send. If it does not, send the delivery id to us so we can inspect the provider response.

Still stuck

Send the delivery id from the dashboard to contact@routineink.com. It carries the exact sending address, the destination, the file size and whatever Amazon said back, which is usually enough to answer without a conversation.