Tutorials - #435 - Read your Gmail messages in an RSS reader

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#435 / October 12, 2009 / 2:04 min.

Read your Gmail messages in an RSS reader

subscribing to your Gmail inbox in your favorite RSS reader

, you will be alerted to new messages as they arrive. You'll have to fire up your Gmail inbox in a browser or your mail client to respond to messages, but you'll be alerted as soon as messages arrive.

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- With your Gmail account open, obtain the RSS feed URL by clicking on the orange icon in your browser's address bar.

- That URL should look like this: http://mail.google.com/mail/feed/atom

- Copy that link and launch your RSS reader. We used FeedDemon as an example.

- Click on the Subscribe button. Note: in some RSS readers, it will say Add instead of Subscribe.

- Paste the copied link where it asks for the feed URL. Insert your username and password and advance through any additional steps if it prompts you.

- If your feed reader doesn't support regular authorization, you can add your Gmail username and password in the feed URL itself. Copy and paste this text:
https://USERNAME:PASSWORD@gmail.google.com/gmail/feed/atom

- Then replace with your own username and password before the @ symbol.