I just came across a way of doing this that works for Microsoft Outlook 2007 users — it might be obvious to many of you, but I hadn’t known this was possible. Go to Tools / Account Settings / RSS Feeds, click on New, enter the RSS address (for us, it’s http://volokh.com/feed), click on Change Folder when that option comes up, and set the target folder to be the Inbox.
The posts will then appear in your inbox, one item per post, with each author’s name, the post’s proper title, and so on. There’ll even be a special icon, substituting from the normal open or closed envelope, marking this as something delivered via an RSS feed. The effect is much the same as if you got the posts by e-mail.
This can also be done by hitting the Subscribe button in the right sidebar and making the proper selections, but my sense is that the way I suggest above is easier both for you to use and for me to describe.
In any case, I’ve done it, and it works for me; let me know, please, how it works for you, if you’re interested in getting posts this way. Also, I assume that some other e-mail programs besides Outlook have ways of doing the same thing — if you know how to do it in those programs, please post the instructions. Thanks!
GainesvilleGuest says:
Gmail as far as I can tell does not allow RSS feeds to run into your mailbox like normal emails. However, here is a link to set it up to be on your gmail homepage: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=29245.
November 25, 2009, 2:50 amDan says:
Problem solved! WordPress just came out with a subscribe-by-email feature.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/25/wordpress-email-subscriptions/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+(TechCrunch)&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher
November 25, 2009, 6:50 amSteve says:
The “problem” can be solved through a plug in, but the problem really is on the delivery side. If you use one of those plug ins, just ensure your server and host is OK with the delivery of mail. With 1,000 subscribed, you are sending out thousands of e-mails a day.
The better way to do this is through RSS as Eugene found, Outlook 2007 has a newsreader built in, as does other e-mail clients like Thunderbird.
And yes, GMail has a newsreader service called Google Reader that I use all the time. It is easily available by clicking on the Reader link when you are in GMail. Sure, it does not put all of those posts in your e-mail inbox, buy I’m not sure how many would want that. It allows you to subscribe to any RSS feed and usually provides pretty quick delivery of posts without the need to “push” from WordPress. Google Reader has some pretty cool features including the ability to tag posts, share via e-mail, star, and make comments that can or can not be shared.
For my Newsreader, I’m subscribed to almost 25 feeds right now and the service keeps many more than 200+ e-mails per day out of my inbox and in the reader.
November 25, 2009, 7:34 ammrshl says:
Steve is right. If you’re reading more blogs, in addition to Volokh, your habit is much more easily managed in Google Reader. In addition to the advantages Steve notes, Google Reader is Web based, which means it’s accessible and updated no matter which computer you’re using. You can even access it from your iPhone/iPod or other mobile.
November 25, 2009, 7:42 amk says:
Apple’s Mail also has an RSS feed reader that will deliver new articles to your mailbox. I think only the more recent versions of Mail have this, so you might be out of luck if your computer is more than a few years old. Here are Apple’s instructions: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mail/3.0/en/15170.html
November 25, 2009, 9:19 amJohn Anderson says:
Google Reader’s main strength for me comes from the fact that all my RSS feeds are maintained “in the cloud”. That means, no matter where I check my feeds from, the read/unread status is exactly as I left it from the last time I checked. No having to deal with having multiple RSS readers set-up on multiple computers, and then having to slog through items that have already been read.
November 25, 2009, 9:27 amMr. Justice says:
I use Google Reader for all my feeds. However, I’d like to switch and use Windows Live. The reason I’ve not made the switch is because if you want to read the full article you have to open it in a browser. Does anyone know if there is a way of reading the full article from within Windows Live? Thanks.
November 25, 2009, 10:00 amSteve says:
Would this not be determined by the RSS feed provided by the Web site? Volokh’s feed does provide me with the full text of the item in my Google Reader feed.
Hot Air – as an example – provides very little information, Malkin even less. My feed provides the first paragraph or so, providing a good balance. If you read the first few sentences and like the post, click through and visit my site to improve my page view count ;)
Note the footer of this page, you can subscribe to the RSS feed for posts, and even subscribe (temporarily if you wish) to the RSS comment feed for this post.
For those of you wondering about RSS feeds and a service like Google Reader, give it a try. It really is great to have your feed in “the cloud” since I can access from my MacBook, desktop PC, work laptop, my iPhone or a friend’s computer and everything is always there and up-to-date.
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Also, if you’ve set Outlook to use the common feed store (it asks you when you first try to use the feeds), you can subscribe in Internet Explorer using the feed button.
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