Wednesday, May 18, 2011

RSS Feeds: Using Outlook to Get Your Favorite Information

Subscribing to RSS feeds is one of the best and most underused features in Microsoft Outlook. RSS stands for "really simple syndication." Most of us have certain web sites we visit frequently to read current articles. I am a huge cycling fan, and come spring time, I am ready to read about the spring classics in Europe to find out about my favorite racers and to start choosing a virtual cycling team for the Tour de France.

Most commercial web sites give users the ability to subscribe to RSS feeds from their site. This allows us to have new articles delivered directly to us without having to go search for new articles. Outlook can efficiently manage RSS feeds for you. You can even subscribe to this blog, Making Outlook 2010 Work For You (url at the end of this post).