What is an RSS Feed? RSS stands for Rich Site Summary which is really just that, a summary of a sites ever changing content mainly used on news sites and blogs (like the one you are reading now).
Its a way for a reader (you) to subscribe to a website there for keeping them update to date on the new information posted. There are a number of different ways you can subscribe to an RSS Feed, for the sake of this tutorial we are going to be using Microsoft Outlook 2007 to subscribe to an RSS Feed.
Here is how you subscribe to an RSS Feed:
1. Locate the RSS Feed link on the site you with to subscribe too.
For example if you look to the right of this page there is my side bar, the top box entitled Subscribe is where my RSS Feed is.
2. Copy the Link (Right Click, Copy Link Location)
3. Open Outlook 2007
4. Select Mail
5. Right Click RSS Feeds
6. Select Add a New RSS Feed
7. Paste the RSS link you copied earlier into the box
8. Click Add
(As always with windows security getting more and more intense you will be asked if you are sure that you would like to subscribe to this feed.)
If you are happy to proceed then click Yes
Well Done you are now subscribed to that feed and will be able to view them under the Feeds Name using your Navigation pane, You will download updated feeds when you use Send/Receive and evertime you open Outlook if will check for new content. Anyway there you have it you should now know how to set up an RSS Feed In Microsoft Outlook 2007.
The RSS Feed for this blog is: http://feeds.feedburner.com/co/yYdX
