The discussions and speculation surrounding the shutdown of Google's RSS feed continue unabated. Some are looking for a worthy alternative, while others are waiting for the emergence of new services amid hype.

I previously published an article that the . After reading this article, you will learn how to read RSS feed using Gmail.

Unusual ideas can also be used to solve the problem. If you like fresh and non-standard solutions, then you should try setting up your mail service to receive and read news from the RSS feed. This approach has already been used in some email programs ah, now you can configure any of the mail services to read the tape: Gmail, mail.ru, yandex.ru and others. Of course, some difficulties may arise during configuration, but in general, the idea of ​​\u200b\u200bconfiguration and use is the same.

Step 1. Send the content of the feeds to your mailbox

To set up mail for interaction with RSS feeds, you need to enter feeds using external services. You can use Pipes, Blogtrottr, IFTTT or other services for this. Let's take Blogtrottr as an example - this service has many different functions, in addition to the most useful for our business - sending the content of the feeds to the mailbox.

Register and add an OPML file with all the addresses of your subscriptions. Then you can adjust the refresh rate, enable filters, change the name. By the way, the update frequency is important, since the service by default updates RSS feeds depending on technical capabilities, that is, either in real time or once an hour. As a rule, this is enough. Well, if there is no need for such a frequency of updates, then you can set a different interval: two, four, six twelve hours or once a day.

Step 2. Install the filter.

Installing a filter is mandatory in this case, since after registering and adding feeds, a lot of messages will come to your mailbox, many of which are not needed. Therefore, we set up filters for your mail service. For example, in Gmail filters work very well and when you customize them to your requirements, you will get a very convenient reader, comparable in comfort to Google reader. The first thing that comes to mind is creating folders with names based on topics of interest or news sources. There are many ideas for filtering and organizing folders.

By the way, Gmail is a very advanced service, which is why there are so many options for using this service. The only pity is that Gmail does not know how to work with SMS messages. If you need SMS sending, then you can order this service on the above site.

After setting up the internal filters of the mail service, you will see all the news in one menu, which can be collapsed so that it does not take up much space on the screen. For example, if you have Gmail, you can configure the client in such a way that the received news is not displayed in the Inbox folder, but is immediately sent to the appropriate folders, without mixing with letters and messages.

It makes no sense to consider the process of setting filters more precisely - everyone has their own mail client, and their ideas of information distribution.

Step 3. Sort the received information.

So, after setting up and filtering, we can read the usual RSS feed information. Now, when viewing information, you can distribute it depending on its importance: send some to "Starred" or "Important", others - to the trash. If you need to add notes or your thoughts about this or that information, you just need to click "Reply" and enter the text. Now, the information will always be associated with the comment and will be in the Drafts folder (for Gmail and similar services).

If you set up sorting correctly, it will save you a lot of time. And time is money. By the way, you can earn good money in.

By the way, in order to thoroughly understand the sorting of letters in Gmail, I recommend watching this video.

Step 4. Use additional features.

Mailers like Gmail or Yandex have excellent additional features related to other services of these companies. If you need to share the news with friends, Gtalk will help, if you received news of an interesting event and want to create a reminder, then add it to the Google calendar, if you need to process the information, use the Google task manager.

For a wider use of mail program services, you need to spend a little time exploring all the possibilities of related services. Let's summarize this non-standard use of Gmail: this idea has enough positive aspects and few negative ones. Among the advantages of using it: comfortable use due to filtering and customization, there is no need to move from one site or service to another, there are many opportunities thanks to related services, and for Google and other large services, this is also interaction with social networks or popular apps. In addition, it is possible to work with mobile devices, select page design. Well, of course, permanence - it's absolutely unbelievable that Google would get rid of Gmail.

There are not many disadvantages: firstly, if the setup is unsuccessful, letters and news will be mixed, which will lead to increased confusion with mailbox, secondly, for some users, such use of the service is simply unusual. Otherwise, this is a good solution to the issue of replacing the Google reader, without any problems and technical difficulties.

If your computer has antivirus program Can scan all files on the computer, as well as each file individually. You can scan any file by right-clicking on the file and selecting the appropriate option to scan the file for viruses.

For example, in this figure, file my-file.rss, then you need to right-click on this file, and in the file menu select the option "scan with AVG". Selecting this option will open AVG Antivirus which will check given file for the presence of viruses.

Sometimes an error can result from incorrect installation software , which may be due to a problem that occurred during the installation process. It may interfere with your operating system link your RSS file to the correct application software tool , influencing the so-called "file extension associations".

Sometimes simple reinstallation Mozilla Firefox may solve your problem by properly linking RSS to Mozilla Firefox. In other cases, file association problems may result from bad software programming developer, and you may need to contact the developer for additional help.

Advice: Try updating Mozilla Firefox to latest version to make sure the latest patches and updates are installed.

This may seem too obvious, but often the RSS file itself may be causing the problem. If you received a file via an attachment Email or downloaded it from a website and the download process was interrupted (such as a power outage or other reason), the file may be corrupted. If possible, try getting a fresh copy of the RSS file and try opening it again.

Carefully: A corrupted file may cause collateral damage to a previous or existing malware on your PC, so it is very important that you have an up-to-date antivirus running on your computer at all times.

If your RSS file associated with the hardware on your computer to open the file you may need update device drivers associated with this equipment.

This problem usually associated with media file types, which depend on the successful opening of the hardware inside the computer, for example, sound card or video cards. For example, if you are trying to open an audio file but cannot open it, you may need to update sound card drivers.

Advice: If when you try to open an RSS file you get .SYS file related error message, the problem could probably be associated with damage or outdated drivers devices that need to be updated. This process can be alleviated by using driver update software such as DriverDoc.

If the steps didn't solve the problem and you are still having problems opening RSS files, this may be due to lack of available system resources. Some versions of RSS files may require a significant amount of resources (eg, memory/RAM, processing power) to open properly on your computer. This problem occurs quite often if you are using a fairly old computer. Hardware and at the same time a much newer operating system.

This problem can occur when the computer is having a hard time completing a task because operating system(and other services running in the background) can consume too many resources to open RSS file. Try closing all applications on your PC before opening Rich Site Summary. By freeing up all available resources on your computer, you will provide the best conditions for trying to open the RSS file.

If you completed all the above steps and your RSS file still won't open, you may need to run hardware upgrade. In most cases, even with older hardware versions, the processing power can still be more than enough for most user applications (unless you're doing a lot of CPU-intensive work like 3D rendering, financial/science modeling, or heavy multimedia work). Thus, it is likely that your computer does not have enough memory(more commonly referred to as "RAM", or RAM) to perform the file open task.

Good afternoon, dear blog readers!

A few days ago, I received an email asking me to answer the question: "How to subscribe to RSS?". At first, I just wanted to answer the letter, explaining what, how and where. But soon after a short correspondence with this person, I realized that it is better to write an article in which I show in stages the entire process of subscribing to RSS or E-mail.

This topic has been raised thousands of times on the Internet. On the topic: "How to subscribe to RSS, E-mail, using readers, programs, etc.?" hundreds of articles have been written, but all of them are incomplete or incomprehensible.

Based on all of the above, I want to make my own little manual :-)

Get comfortable. Make yourself tea or coffee with a muffin. Well, get ready, within a few minutes you will learn what rss is and learn how to use this technology.

1) What is RSS?
2) How to subscribe rss?
3) How to receive rss updates on E-mail?

And:
4) Subscribe to rss using Readers (Google, Yandex.Lenta)
5) Subscribing to RSS with special programs
6) Pros and cons of a particular form of subscription

What is RSS?

RSS- this is a "special technology" with which information is transmitted on the NETWORK. In other words, it is one of the most convenient ways receiving latest updates favorite website or blog.

RSS helps to quickly and efficiently receive updates, including mine. In general, almost all sites and blogs have their own rss feeds.

I'm sure most of the readers of this post are following multiple sites (blogs) for updates. Of course, if these are just a few pieces, then there is nothing to say. Going through 2-3 blogs is not difficult for anyone.

But what if there are 20-30 blogs?

This is where it gets a little problematic. Although no, there are no problems. It just takes a lot of time. And this is not good. Need to reduce the time spent on the Internet :-)

By the way, for those who do not have "unlimited" Internet, RSS is more than ever useful, because thanks to this technology, you do not need to visit blogs (sites) to check their updates. So using RSS is very convenient!

Advantages of an RSS subscription

• Get instant updates to your favorite blogs and websites
• No need to visit all your favorite websites and blogs to check their updates
• Time reduction

There is nothing to say about the minuses, since there are none (although for someone there may be).

What is better RSS subscription or E-mail subscription?

For me, there are no significant differences, except that updates come to e-mail with a delay. For some this is important, but for me not so much.

I subscribe to both E-mail and RSS. To read RSS, I choose Yandex.Subscriptions, since you can combine the use of mail with viewing updates to various sites and blogs.

So, you already understood that the RSS subscription is faster than the E-mail subscription. Also RSS subscription has a slightly different form of reading compared to E-mail. You will be convinced of this by reading the article to the end.

How to receive RSS updates by E-mail?

Let's start with the simplest form of subscription (E-mail). You have already come across it on other sites and blogs. Maybe they just didn't notice, or maybe they didn't know. Any subscription to email box is made using the Feedburner service, which is owned by Gosha (Google).

This service is used by almost all bloggers, although lately I have been noticing minor problems with the service.

P.S. They say that Gosha scored on Feedburner and that he will soon disappear, but until this happens, we are learning to subscribe to E-mail.

What does the email subscription form look like?

Consider the whole process of subscribing to E-mail on the example of my subscription form.

1) First, enter your E-mail in a special field in the subscription form:

2) Next, click on the "OK" button or press the "Enter" key

3) After that, a new window opens, where in a special field you need to enter characters confirming that you are not a robot (this is necessary to combat spam)

5) If everything is done correctly, the following window should appear:

6) Now you need to confirm the e-mail. This is necessary in order to prove that this e-mail belongs to you.

To confirm the e-mail, check the mail and look for the letter:

OK it's all over Now! The email subscription has been confirmed. This means that now you will always be aware of the latest events!

Subscribing to RSS using Google Reader and Yandex.Subscriptions

By the way, with the help of Readers it is easier to subscribe to RSS. You will see this later.

Let's start with Google Reader

1) Go to home page reader.

• If you have an account on any of Google services then you don't need to start a new one.

• If you don't have account, register. It will take about 5-10 minutes to register.

On this moment There are no subscriptions in the Reader. Next, I'll show you how to subscribe to RSS using my blog as an example.

4) Hover your cursor over "Subscriptions" in the left sidebar.

5) Click on the button that appears on the right and select an action. In our case, “Add new subscription…”

6) If everything is done correctly, a pop-up window should appear in which you need to enter the address of the site or blog:

9) Click on any "Subscribe" button. All these feeds are one RSS feed.

10) Well, that's all! You are subscribed to my RSS feed. Now you will always receive prompt updates of my blog!

Subscribing to RSS using Yandex.Subscriptions

I believe that using Yandex.Subscriptions is easier and more convenient than Google Reader, since Ya.P. merged with Yandex mail. Those. by checking your mail you can check updates on your favorite sites and blogs.

So, let's look at the process of subscribing to RSS on the example of my blog.

1) Open Yandex.Mail.

P.S. if you don't have a Yandex account yet, .

4) It remains to enter the address of the site or blog and click on "Subscribe"

OK it's all over Now! Subscription completed! I don't think you have any problems.

This is where I'll end the post. Yes, I almost forgot, you can subscribe to RSS using special Reader programs:

• FeedDemon
• RSS Reader
• Abilon
• Newz Crawler

I will not write about how to use them, as they are simple and intuitive. I recommend using FeedDemon as it has more features than other programs.

I have written about RSS feeds many times. About what a convenient mechanism it is to keep track of updates in your favorite places on the Internet. Today I will tell you how to receive the content of certain RSS feeds by e-mail.

As an example, let's take Vanych, who, although he started writing his wonderful messages on LiRu, is better known as a livejournal user songs-net(and stopped publishing messages on LiR). First we need the address of the RSS feed. Where to get it? There are an unimaginable number of ways to do this. For example, for our example, you can take at least here (according to the figure that I saw in the frame in the screenshot below):

If you hover over this inscription or picture with the mouse pointer, then you can be shown this address:

But how do you copy it? But at least like this: "". Especially for those who will not read the message, the link to which he gave. First, you should move the mouse pointer over the inscription "RSS". Second, click on right mouse button. Thirdly, there select something like "Copy link address":

If you can’t, then you still have to go to the message, the link to which you gave.

Well, how? Copied? No? Well, okay, here is the address you need (for example): http://pesen-net.livejournal.com/data/rss .

Now the question should begin to torment you: "Well, I already have the address of the rss feed, but what should I do with it?". I want to crush Chernyshevsky in the bud in you, and immediately divert you from this issue. I will say more, you need to insert it into the form on the site blogtrotrtr.com :

As you may have noticed, in addition to the address of the rss feed, you also need to specify your email address. And choose how often to send letters to this address:

For those who do not understand: send updates literally in "real time", send one letter at 2 o'clock with all updates, at 4 o'clock, at 6 o'clock, at 8 o'clock, at 12 o'clock and once a day. Choose the option that suits you best. Have you chosen? Well, that's it, the subscription is almost over.

It remains only to click on this button:

Now, that's all for sure. The site will check your rss feed for validity and inform you that a confirmation email has been sent to you:

Now you need to go to the post office whose address you indicated, and wait for something like this letter:

It will contain a lot of text, but the most important thing is the link (there are few links in the letter, only one):

That's actually all.

Next time I will tell you how to subscribe to receive updates of the blog on LiRu, available for viewing by anonymous people, to an email address.

As planned, I'm slowly starting to register for different ones in search of additional orders for web development. The first in the list of relevant projects for review was Weblancer.net (detailed). Will post a little later detailed overview, and today I will introduce you to the solution of one problem that will come in handy when working with it. It's about getting a feed of vacancies (tasks) from RSS to the mail. Moreover, we will filter applications by the keyword we need.

In principle, RSS feed updates can be tracked in different ways: someone adds a feed to bookmarks, someone uses a special reader program, plus there are various services on the Internet for receiving RSS to Email:

• Feedmyinbox.com
• Blogtrottr.com
• Zapier.com
• ifttt.com

There are probably other projects, but these should suffice. The first two sites have the classic functionality of sending RSS to mail, where you simply specify the address of the RSS feed and your email. The last couple works on a slightly different principle, which is exactly what we need.

Earlier in the blog, I already gave several examples of use, including sending SMS when ordering goods in a store. The same project will help you get RSS to your mail with the addition of a special filter (key phrase).

Algorithm for setting RSS to mail via IFTTT

First of all, register on the IFTTT website. Then in top menu select "My Applets", then click on the "New Applet" link to create a new applet (formerly known as recipes).

The very principle of the service is that, firstly, you define some condition under which your applet will work, and secondly, you specify what action should eventually occur.

The whole process takes 6 steps:

1. Select a service for the trigger. Click on the "this" button (see the figure above), a list will open in a new tab different options, we need RSS.

2. Definition of a trigger (activation conditions). There are 2 options for the RSS feed:

Select the second item "New feed item matches", that is, the appearance of a new item in the RSS feed that would match the keyword or phrase you specified. Click on this trigger, and the service will ask you to fill in the appropriate settings:

The Weblancer.net feed of new orders/vacancies is located at the following address (if the value does not work, there may be a new RSS on the site):

https://www.weblancer.net/rss/jobs.rss

As keyword I personally use "wordpress" because I need all orders related to this CMS system. Then click "Create trigger".

3. Let's move on to the choice of action - the "that" button. As a service for the implementation of the task, we take Email.

4. For mail, there is only one option - sending a message. The service generates a letter in HTML format, and also supports the insertion of links and pictures.

5. At the penultimate step, you will need to fill in the parameters of the mail message - select the subject of the letter (Subject) and content (Body).

As values, you can write plain text or specify special parameters from the "Ingredient" block. With their help, you can send various information from RSS to mail: the title of the entry from the feed, its text, author, link, etc. When you're done, click on "Creater action".

6. At the last step, you will need to check all the parameters of the applet and finish working on it - the "Finish" button.

After creation, all applets fall into the "My Applets" section. There you can temporarily disable or delete them. As for our task of receiving RSS to mail with Weblancer, as a result, I receive such letters:

Advantages of the method:

• It makes no sense to monitor the list of works on Weblancer.
• I get only the information I need, while the RSS of the exchange includes tasks from all categories.
• If you are doing different types activities and not just WordPress development, you can create several applets.
• It's relatively fast (especially when new email notifications are configured in Gmail).

By the way, when receiving RSS to the mail, there is still a certain delay (less than an hour), as I understand it, due to the technology itself or the frequency of reading the feed by the IFTTT service. Therefore, if you want to be the very first performer, you need to either monitor the site constantly or look for alternative solutions - perhaps data will come faster through an RSS reader. But for me personally, the speed is not critical + it is convenient to receive vacancies in Gmail along with other important messages.

If you know any other interesting options for sending RSS to mail, tell us about them in the comments.