Need to solve problem w/ RSS feeds

[Charles Lavin]

Hi --

I have a Windows XP computer running Outlook 2003 with an Exchange 2003
server in the background. Outlook is running RSS Popper to retrieve 15 RSS
feeds, each of which is saved in a separate folder in the user's Exchange
mail store.

Now I have a Windows Vista laptop running Outlook 2007 with that same
Exchange 2003 server in the background. Outlook here also (natively)
retrieves these 15 RSS feeds and saves them into the same folders in the
user's Exchange mailbox.

The problem I'm having is that neither RSS aggregator knows what the other
is doing. I wind up with tons of duplicate posts in these folders, depending
on which PC is active and is doing the updating.

I need to figure out how to get these two to coexist without producing a ton
of duplicate stuff. The Windows XP box is running IE7, although there are no
plans to upgrade Office on that PC.

If I can't get these two client-level aggregators to coexist nicely, I'm
willing to move the whole thing over to the Exchange server. If I can figure
out a way to have the Exchange server keep these RSS feeds updated and post
them to public folders, then I don't have to worry about the Outlooks doing
this and my problem would be solved (I hope).

Can anyone suggest a way to clean up this implementation? Is there an RSS
aggregator for Windows 2003/Exchange 2003 that would allow me to pass this
work onto the server?

Thanks,
CL

 

[Roady [MVP]]

No, you cannot make these 2 aggregators aware of each other. Why not run RSS
Popper on both clients then?

Exchange 2003 doesn't hold RSS functionality natively. Nor does Exchange
2007. There are 3rd party tools to centrally manage RSS feeds though such as
Enterprise RSS from Newsgator.

 

[Charles Lavin]

Hi --

1) I'm not sure RSS Popper will run on Outlook 2007.

2) RSS Popper keeps its status information locally on the PC. So I'd
probably have the same problem -- two RSS Popper runs on two separate PCs,
each not knowing what the other has done. And I've had RSS Popper lose track
of its feeds and wind up posting duplicates in the folders, so there doesn't
seem to be a way to stop the posting of duplicate entries ...

Thanks
CL

 

[Charles Lavin]

On the laptop, I can see the messages that were posted by RSS Popper from
the Windows XP box because both Outlooks are opening up the same message
store. But if the Windows XP box is not on, then RSS Popper is not
retrieving new messages and the laptop is looking at old data. If the user
is, say, out of town for a few days, he'll have his laptop but his desktop
PC will be off for all that time. The laptop needs to be able to retrieve
these feeds.

Since the Windows XP box is running IE7, I tried to set up these feeds
through IE7's built-in RSS reader. I'd just have this person pick up the
feeds from IE instead of Outlook. But the experiment stopped abruptly when I
discovered that the minimum retrieval interval IE would allow me to set was
4 hours, which is way too long for these RSS feeds.

I found an article titled "Aggregating RSS feeds into a public folder via a
script" at
http://gsexdev.blogspot.com/2006/02/aggregating-rss-feeds-into-public.html
but I haven't had a chance to fully digest it. Is anyone familiar with this
article / script? Any thoughts?

Thanks
CL

Why do you need it running on both? I run similar apps on the system I use
most of the time and can read them from the other system. My only
complaint is the junk filter on the other machine sometimes gets them.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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Hi --

1) I'm not sure RSS Popper will run on Outlook 2007.

2) RSS Popper keeps its status information locally on the PC. So I'd
probably have the same problem -- two RSS Popper runs on two separate
PCs, each not knowing what the other has done. And I've had RSS Popper
lose track of its feeds and wind up posting duplicates in the folders, so
there doesn't seem to be a way to stop the posting of duplicate entries
...

Thanks
CL

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

I haven't used that script, I have used others and they worked ok but I
found it easier to leave outlook always running on a virtual machine.
Occasionally a windows update reboot throws a wrench into it, but overall,
it works well.

Its certainly worth testing, as long as you are the admin or can bribe the
admin.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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mailto:[email protected]

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On the laptop, I can see the messages that were posted by RSS Popper from
the Windows XP box because both Outlooks are opening up the same message
store. But if the Windows XP box is not on, then RSS Popper is not
retrieving new messages and the laptop is looking at old data. If the user
is, say, out of town for a few days, he'll have his laptop but his desktop
PC will be off for all that time. The laptop needs to be able to retrieve
these feeds.

Since the Windows XP box is running IE7, I tried to set up these feeds
through IE7's built-in RSS reader. I'd just have this person pick up the
feeds from IE instead of Outlook. But the experiment stopped abruptly when
I discovered that the minimum retrieval interval IE would allow me to set
was 4 hours, which is way too long for these RSS feeds.

I found an article titled "Aggregating RSS feeds into a public folder via
a script" at
http://gsexdev.blogspot.com/2006/02/aggregating-rss-feeds-into-public.html
but I haven't had a chance to fully digest it. Is anyone familiar with
this article / script? Any thoughts?

Thanks
CL

Why do you need it running on both? I run similar apps on the system I
use most of the time and can read them from the other system. My only
complaint is the junk filter on the other machine sometimes gets them.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

Hi --

1) I'm not sure RSS Popper will run on Outlook 2007.

2) RSS Popper keeps its status information locally on the PC. So I'd
probably have the same problem -- two RSS Popper runs on two separate
PCs, each not knowing what the other has done. And I've had RSS Popper
lose track of its feeds and wind up posting duplicates in the folders,
so there doesn't seem to be a way to stop the posting of duplicate
entries ...

Thanks
CL

in message No, you cannot make these 2 aggregators aware of each other. Why not
run RSS Popper on both clients then?

Exchange 2003 doesn't hold RSS functionality natively. Nor does
Exchange 2007. There are 3rd party tools to centrally manage RSS feeds
though such as Enterprise RSS from Newsgator.



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Hi --

I have a Windows XP computer running Outlook 2003 with an Exchange
2003 server in the background. Outlook is running RSS Popper to
retrieve 15 RSS feeds, each of which is saved in a separate folder in
the user's Exchange mail store.

Now I have a Windows Vista laptop running Outlook 2007 with that same
Exchange 2003 server in the background. Outlook here also (natively)
retrieves these 15 RSS feeds and saves them into the same folders in
the user's Exchange mailbox.

The problem I'm having is that neither RSS aggregator knows what the
other is doing. I wind up with tons of duplicate posts in these
folders, depending on which PC is active and is doing the updating.

I need to figure out how to get these two to coexist without producing
a ton of duplicate stuff. The Windows XP box is running IE7, although
there are no plans to upgrade Office on that PC.

If I can't get these two client-level aggregators to coexist nicely,
I'm willing to move the whole thing over to the Exchange server. If I
can figure out a way to have the Exchange server keep these RSS feeds
updated and post them to public folders, then I don't have to worry
about the Outlooks doing this and my problem would be solved (I hope).

Can anyone suggest a way to clean up this implementation? Is there an
RSS aggregator for Windows 2003/Exchange 2003 that would allow me to
pass this work onto the server?

Thanks,
CL