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Turn your email newsletters into an RSS feed with GMail
By James | December 27, 2007
Several people I know subscribe to multiple email newsletters, but would prefer RSS because it’s more convenient and doesn’t clutter their inbox. Unfortunately, despite the Web 2.0 craze, a lot of good content still isn’t available via RSS. Such content providers should contact me right away to get started with RSS, but in case they don’t…
There’s no reason you should be prevented you from getting your favorite email newsletters via RSS, thanks to this clever-yet-simple GMail hack I’ve discovered. Here it is, step by step:
- Create a new GMail account. For example: thefavoritenewslettersofjames@gmail.com.
- Unsubscribe from all of your newsletters.
- Re-subscribe using your new GMail account. Feel free to take this time to eliminate the ones you no longer read.
- Subscribe to your new GMail account’s RSS feed.
Taadaa!
When I first tried this trick, I had some issues with security - my RSS reader doesn’t prompt me for my password. To get around that, point your newsreader to https://USERNAME:PASSWORD@gmail.google.com/gmail/feed/atom.
That should help declutter your inbox, save time, yadda yadda. If you end up using this trick, I’d love for you to post a comment with your experience.
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