[rssbandit-users] Synchronizing RSS Bandit Across Multiple Machines

[Dare O. <da...@mi...>]

Hello all,=20
  One of the big features on TODO list is to implement a way to
synchronize the state of RSS Bandit across multiple machines so that if
you use it on one machine and start it up on another it remembers what
you've read, what you're subscribed to, etc. I've gone as far as writing
a spec[0] for a format that does this. The main problems I've had now is
that there needs to be a server where the individual RSS Bandit
instances can fetch feeds from in the same way your mail reader (e.g.
Outlook) downloads mail from your mail server (e.g Exchange). Since it
is unlikely that users will be able to setup servers for this purpose
here are a couple of ideas I've thought of supporting. I'd love your
feedback and added suggestions=20

1.) FTP support: This is straightforward, an RSS Bandit instance can
upload and download a SIAM file containing synchronization information
via FTP.=20

2.) Mail support: This is fairly crafty and some would call it a hack.
RSS Bandit mails the subscription file either as a zipped attachment or
as inline text content to the user's email address and can download it
using POP3 if the user's mail server supports POP3. The appropriate mail
to use for synchronization is identified by an extension header in the
mail or some similar identifier. There are a large number of free POP3
services[1] and users can create a throwaway account specificly for RSS
Bandit synchronization.=20

[0] http://www.25hoursaday.com/draft-obasanjo-siam-01.html
[1] http://www.emailaddresses.com/email_pop.htm

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