What is Email2RSS?

Email2RSS is a free service which allows you to retrieve emails from your mailbox as an RSS feed. Clicking on a link to the email item in the feed allows you to view the full email (but not attachments) and to delete it if required.

Why use Email2RSS?

Obviously this isn't going to replace your normal Email reader but there are occasions when getting your email as an RSS feed can make sense!

If you have one or many mailboxes which you would like to monitor which have the occasional email then using RSS is a good way keep up to date rather than bog down your normal email reader which may check every 10 minutes.

Using Email2RSS means you can monitor these mailboxes and you can even delete emails by clicking on the relevant link in the RSS feed.

How do I create an RSS feed for my email?

Email2RSS uses POP3 to access your email so if your mailbox has POP3 enabled then you you are in luck! Some mailboxes require you to specifically enable POP3 (such as GMail). If in doubt, consult the provider of your email service.

You will need the following details about your mailbox to create the RSS feed:

  • User ID (often your email address)
  • Password
  • Mailbox name (usually something like mail.ispname.com)
  • Port number (usually 110 or 995 if the connection is SSL)
  • If SSL is required (usually not, but GMail is!)

    Click the link Create RSS Feed to enter these details to create your RSS feed.

    Your RSS feed is encrypted with the details of your mailbox but do keep the URL of the feed private as anyone could use it to display your emails.

    But what is an RSS feed?

    For a definition visit the Wikipedia web site.

    Commonly, computer programs called news neaders are used to view RSS feeds. This is not required with Email2RSS since your emails are formatted in an easy to read web page but if you wish it can still be added as a normal RSS feed to any news reader. Here are some example news readers you may wish to try out:

    Windows
  • Newz Crawler
  • FeedDemon
  • Awasu

    Mac OS X
  • Newsfire
  • NetNewsWire

    Web
  • Bloglines
  • NewsGator
  • Microsoft Live
  • My Yahoo!

    Browser
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Internet Explorer v7