Re: [syndication] Re: Yahoo RSS feed

["Jason Brome" <jason@methodize.org>]

Bill,

> Yes, the could do a better job.  This is a *very* old feature of the
> eGroups software.  It's never been updated (or at least not recently).

I didn't realize it stretch that far back - were they one of the early RSS
adopters?

> Sure, but for groups you don't read often it can be a great way to
> keep tabs on them.  That /without/ cluttering up your inbox with
> digests.  I set most of my groups to "No email" and put them in my
> aggregator.  Once in a great while one of those groups pops up with
> something worthwhile.  So visiting the website isn't all that
> inconvenient.  There are groups that I /don't/ read via the
> aggregator.  Those come, as you mention, directly to my inbox.  It's
> a balancing act.  The nice thing is having the choice to do either.

That sounds like a pretty reasonable balance - unfortunately, until they
place something more meaningful into the title of the items, it makes it
that more difficult to quickly scan a list of items.

As far as the inbox cluttering problem - not an issue for me.  I set up
rules for incoming messages from groups to filter them into separate
folders.  When I want to check them, I can, otherwise they're sitting in a
separate folder for me to come back to at a later date.

Jason