How to Convert an Email Listserv to RSS
Create a throw-away email address on Gmail., Log back into your own Google account and create a Google Group., When Google asks you to invite members add your throw-away address to the list. , Once in your Google Group, click the Management Tasks...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Create a throw-away email address on Gmail.
Keep the password in a safe spot, though probably won’t need it much beyond today. -
Step 2: Log back into your own Google account and create a Google Group.
Make the group’s access level “public” and note the group’s email address, which will end in @googlegroups.com. ,, This should pull up a list of your group’s two members (Your own email and your throw-away email). ,,,, Enter the email address of your Google Group.
The address will end in @googlegroups.com. , To read it, navigate to groups.google.com and find your newly created group in the My Groups sidebar.
Click it to open the group. , The email with the confirmation code will be posted to the group.
Open the message copy the code. , Navigate back to Settings and the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab and paste the confirmation code into the verification textbox.
Click Verify. , Click the bullet that reads Forward a copy of incoming mail to… and select the email address for your Google Group. ,,, If you’ve never seen it before it’ll look like gibberish.
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Step 3: When Google asks you to invite members add your throw-away address to the list.
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Step 4: Once in your Google Group
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Step 5: click the Management Tasks tab.
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Step 6: Click Edit for each member and change the Subscription Type to No Email.
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Step 7: Access your throw-away Gmail inbox and confirm your membership by following the instructions in the welcome email your newly created Google Group has sent you.
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Step 8: Still in your throw-away Gmail account
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Step 9: access Settings and open the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab.
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Step 10: Click Add Forwarding Address.
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Step 11: An email with a confirmation code will be sent to your Google Group.
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Step 12: Find the Discussions tab and click it to see recent posts to your group.
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Step 13: Access your throw-away Gmail account again.
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Step 14: Once verified you’ll see two options.
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Step 15: Access your Google Group again and click the XML icon at the bottom of the screen.
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Step 16: Under the RSS 2.0 column
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Step 17: click the 50 New Messages link.
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Step 18: You’ll be taken to a page that sputters out RSS.
Detailed Guide
Keep the password in a safe spot, though probably won’t need it much beyond today.
Make the group’s access level “public” and note the group’s email address, which will end in @googlegroups.com. ,, This should pull up a list of your group’s two members (Your own email and your throw-away email). ,,,, Enter the email address of your Google Group.
The address will end in @googlegroups.com. , To read it, navigate to groups.google.com and find your newly created group in the My Groups sidebar.
Click it to open the group. , The email with the confirmation code will be posted to the group.
Open the message copy the code. , Navigate back to Settings and the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab and paste the confirmation code into the verification textbox.
Click Verify. , Click the bullet that reads Forward a copy of incoming mail to… and select the email address for your Google Group. ,,, If you’ve never seen it before it’ll look like gibberish.
Copy the URL and add it to Google Reader.
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