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How to Get an RSS Feed Delivered by Email

There are a few ways to get an RSS feed by email: an RSS-to-email service such as Blogtrottr or Feedrabbit, a newsletter or automation tool, the site's own newsletter if it has one, or one sentence handed to MailMeWhen, which needs no account, app or feed URL.

RSS is still the quiet way most sites announce a new post. The trouble is the reader: one more app to open, one more unread count to feel bad about.

Ways to get an RSS feed by email

  1. RSS-to-email services: Blogtrottr, Feedrabbit, Mailbrew and others do exactly this. You paste the feed URL, choose a schedule, and posts arrive. You'll need the feed URL, which many sites hide or have removed, and the free tiers come with ads or limits.
  2. Newsletter and automation tools: some can turn a feed into a campaign — heavier than you need for one blog.
  3. The site's own newsletter: subscribe to it, if the site has one and if it isn't mostly promotions.

RSS to email in one sentence

With MailMeWhen you don't need the feed URL. Name the site and the rhythm — 'email me when this blog posts something new', 'a weekly digest of these three sites', 'only the posts about X from this feed'. We find the feed, or watch the site if there isn't one, and write to you.

The first 7 days are free with no payment details; after that it's $5/month for that one letter, and it stops by itself if you don't subscribe. One reply stops it any time.

Good to know about RSS by email

One letter can cover several sites — say which ones, and whether you want everything or only certain topics.

Sites that post many times a day are better as a daily digest than a letter per post; say which you prefer, and change it later with a reply.

Try it — hand us this sentence:

Whenever [site name or link] publishes a new post, email me the title and a two-line summary. If there are several in one day, one email in the evening is enough.

Take me there →

Common questions

Do I need the feed URL?

No. Name the site — or paste its address if you have it — and we find the feed. If the site has no feed, we watch the site itself for new posts instead. The first letter, within 24 hours, confirms which site we're watching.

One email per post, or a daily digest?

Either — say which in your request. For sites that post many times a day, a daily digest reads better; a quiet blog can be one letter per post. You can switch later with a reply.

Can several sites share one letter?

Yes. List the sites and say whether you want everything or only certain topics; the new posts arrive together in one letter, at the rhythm you chose.

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