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Message 4911 - Posted: 1 Oct 2004, 22:44:39 UTC

Hi, could you explain what an RSS news feed is, and what info would come over it, and how frequently. I\'m interested in keeping up with cpdn news but don\'t know whether the \"RSS news feed\" buys me more than just checking the cpdn home page every few days.

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Message 4930 - Posted: 2 Oct 2004, 3:10:47 UTC

Checking the home page every few days would accomplish much the same thing. The stuff you see on the RSS feed are the news items on the page. This info is only sent as often as it is posted. (which isn't often)

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Message 5122 - Posted: 7 Oct 2004, 6:22:27 UTC - in response to Message 4930.  

&gt; Checking the home page every few days would accomplish much the same thing.
&gt; The stuff you see on the RSS feed are the news items on the page. This info is
&gt; only sent as often as it is posted. (which isn't often)

If there are several websites that you check every few days for updates, such as the websites of the other BOINC projects, then it may become worth your while to download an RSS feed reader like Pluck, which also sets up RSS feeds from several other sources from news and technology sites as well. However, they can be somewhat slow if you have a large number of feeds for the reader to have to go out and search for periodically.
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Message 9950 - Posted: 25 Feb 2005, 1:57:57 UTC

I'd like to say please do not encourage RSS use. imho it's a commercial exploitation of the internet that is already causing access problems for people.
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Message 10401 - Posted: 5 Mar 2005, 2:22:39 UTC

If you use the new informal cpdn php forum (while we wait for the official one to be reactivated), you will see that you can use the VIEW NEW POSTS SINCE LAST VISIT facility, so you don't need to trawl through everything. Go to it here -
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