How can I get other people's RSS feeds emailed?

Hi;

I am almost a total newbie with RSS so forgive me if this question seem very elementary. There are some web sites I like ( not mine ) with RSS feeds. I would like to get the posts from these feeds emailed to a mailing list I run on the same subject.

Any idea how I could accomplish that?

Thanks much in advance

 

Hey

I think the way that I would go about it would be to convert the rss feed into html, put it into a string which would then be your message to email.

This could be done fairly easily in php using one of the many free rss-to-html converters out there and mail()...

 

Sorry, the web sites with the feeds aren't mine. I would like something I can use to take their feed that will email the posts to email list.

Thanks anyway.

 

Yes I understand that.
There are scrits that can grab the xml that makes up a feed (even if it's is located on another webserver - it doesn't have to be yours). Once you've grabbed the xml, it can easily be converted to HTML which you can email.

 

I would prefer something automatic, but running a script is cool. Anything that converts to plain text ( I hate html email )?

If not, can you name some of these scripts?

 

Whenever I need to convert rss to html, I use magpierss - there are probably lots of other scripts out there that work just as fine, but magpie was the first I got to work, so I just stuck with it. Magpie extracts the content from the xml, so unless html has been used in the content, you only have text which you can email.

You can automatise the whole think by using cronjobs.

 

"automise" --> "automate".

What are cronjobs? And thanks for referring this Magpierss.

 

he he he, Thanks for the correction

Cronjobs enable you to run a script, be it php, asp, java or any other, at certain times of the day without needing to actually run it yourself. The server runs the cronjob automatically.
If your webhost don't affor to run cronjobs, there are services (free) available on the net that you can use. But start out by getting your script to work - running it with a cronjob is very easy to set up.

The manual for the mail function can be found at php.net

 

Just a suggestion, take a look at some of the automated features that feedburner is throwing out.

Specifically, the feed-to-email service:

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Email Subscriptions

Give your biggest fans another way to keep up with your blog or podcast feed by placing an email subscription form on your site.

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~ Firefighter, Broadens.com

 

maybe rss2fwd.com could help?
try that service..