{"id":44630,"date":"2024-08-23T13:44:26","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T17:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=44630"},"modified":"2024-08-23T13:44:26","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T17:44:26","slug":"receiving-rss-feeds-in-e-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/23\/receiving-rss-feeds-in-e-mail\/","title":{"rendered":"Receiving RSS Feeds in E-mail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tidbits.com\/2024\/08\/22\/comparing-blogtrottr-feedrabbit-and-follow-it-for-receiving-rss-feeds-in-email\/\">Adam Engst<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/tidbits.com\/2024\/08\/22\/comparing-blogtrottr-feedrabbit-and-follow-it-for-receiving-rss-feeds-in-email\/\"><p>However, the real win in centralizing newsreading in email has come from RSS-to-email services. I&rsquo;ve tried numerous RSS readers over the years but have never settled down with one because they require me to devote specific time to reading news. That requires remembering to do so and switching context. I actively want to see what&rsquo;s new in my email every morning and throughout the day, but I never even think to launch an RSS reader. I have the same issue with Apple News, which languishes on my Mac and iPhone for weeks or months between launches. By employing an RSS-to-email service, new posts from blogs and other sites that provide RSS feeds can appear in my email automatically.<\/p><p>Which one to use? I&rsquo;ve been testing three: <a href=\"https:\/\/blogtrottr.com\/\">Blogtrottr<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/rss\/comments\/pvvl3t\/service_similar_to_feedrabbitblogtrottr_that\/\">Feedrabbit<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/follow.it\/directory?language=en_EN&amp;view=feed-messages\">Follow.it<\/a>. Although the interfaces vary a bit, the basics are similar&mdash;enter a feed URL, configure a few options, and then sit back and receive an email for each new post. Each of these services offers a free account with paid upgrades that remove limits and provide additional features. Here&rsquo;s how they compare.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I prefer an actual RSS reader, since I find it more efficient for following large numbers of feeds. However, I can see the appeal of having both RSS and e-mail news in the same app, and e-mail is nice in that it naturally creates an offline archive that can be searched later.<\/p>\n<p>Alas, it does not look like any of these services supports non-RSS sites like Facebook and Twitter.<\/p>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/30\/ifttt-killing-legacy-pro-plan\/\">IFTTT Killing Legacy Pro Plan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/03\/twitter-now-requires-logging-in\/\">Twitter Now Requires Logging In<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/12\/bad-applescript-fake-rss-real-newsletter\/\">Bad AppleScript: Fake RSS, Real Newsletter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adam Engst: However, the real win in centralizing newsreading in email has come from RSS-to-email services. I&rsquo;ve tried numerous RSS readers over the years but have never settled down with one because they require me to devote specific time to reading news. That requires remembering to do so and switching context. 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