RSS Feeds in Outlook 2007, maybe not...

If, like me you subscribe to hundreds of RSS Feeds in a Feed Reader and you use Outlook 2007 then this may be useful for you...

But before you use Outlook 2007 as your Feed Reader take a look at these articles by Jimmy Bergmark on JTB World...

This first article talks about using Outlook 2007 as a Feed Reader
http://jtbworld.blogspot.com/2007/01/rss-feeds-in-outlook-2007.html

This article talks about removing all the folders from the Feeds folder and provides a useful bit of code to automate the process
http://jtbworld.blogspot.com/2007/01/delete-all-rss-feeds-folders-in-outlook.html

This article talks about Jimmy's recommended Feed Reader
http://jtbworld.blogspot.com/2007/01/rss-bandit-15x-jubilee-release.html

So following the flow and topics of the posts, you can see where Jimmy is heading and I agree...

I have tried to use Outlook 2007 as my Feed Reader. The idea of having everything in one application was appealing.

However, it proved to be more trouble than it was worth, particularly if you use more than one Outlook profile. So I soon moved away from the Feed Reader option provided with MS Outlook.

I have also used RSS Bandit for a couple of years in the past, but recently changed to FeedDemon from Newsgator. I tend to read Feeds from various locations and Newsgator allows me to login to their Newsgator Online service and catch up on my RSS Feeds from any PC connected to the Web. I also run the FeedDemon Desktop application on my notebook which synchronises with Newsgator Online.

In addition, if you do want to read your feeds in MS Outlook, Newsgator provide Newsgator Inbox for MS Outlook which also synchronises with Newsgator Online and works a lot nicer than the Feed Reader option provided with MS Outlook 2007.

For more info on the options available from Newsgator...
http://www.newsgator.com/

All the Newsgator applications mentioned above are now available free!