RE: [syndication] using rss2html, want to limit # of headlines pulled

["Ben Hammersley" <ben@benhammersley.com>]

> There are some feeds, like newsblip, that actually get 
> irritated when you hit them too often.  They start handing 
> back a "you're requesting too often" RSS error file instead 
> of actual content.
> 
> So take this into account when you start pulling RSS files...

Absolutely - it's pretty bad manners to pull it down more than once an
hour, unless there is Publish and Subscribe going on. There are also the
<skipDays> <skipHours> elements. Most aggregators seem to ignore these,
but that's no excuse.