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Subscription via email instead of RSS ??
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 12:53 pm
by JonasBang
Is it possible to subscribe to the blog via email instead of RSS ??
I.e. so that a person receive an email each time there is a new entry on the blog.
Br,
Jonas
Re: Subscription via email instead of RSS ??
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 3:09 pm
by garvinhicking
Hi!
Short answer: You don't want to do this.
Long answer: Search this forum for "newsletter" or "mailinglist". There are some threads on how to solve this. But I don't recommend it. RSS is the way to go.
(There are also services that mail you changes that occur to RSS feeds)
Regards,
Garvin
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 5:33 pm
by JonasBang
Ok, I found this post describing the email subscription part, which is not so easy to setup, and you don't recommend it.
http://board.s9y.org/viewtopic.php?t=10033
But, what about FeedBurner, is that something which can be recommended ?? As far as I understand, then people can subscribe (with the html code that I put on my blog), and will then receive an email when my blog updates with a new entry, correct ??
http://board.s9y.org/viewtopic.php?t=9259
Br,
Jonas
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 2:02 am
by stm999999999
with feedburner it works very well
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 6:44 pm
by JonasBang
stm999999999 wrote:with feedburner it works very well
I'll give it a try then, thanks.
Br,
Jonas
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 9:18 pm
by JonasBang
Ok, so I'm setting up FeedBurner at the moment. And, now I've come to the part, where I can select the option "Offer blog updates via email".
Question: It asks which Widget I'm using, TypePad or Blogger, what should I choose ??
Br,
Jonas
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 10:02 pm
by JonasBang
Well, I selected TypePad, and it seems to work
Br,
Jonas
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 5:11 pm
by JonasBang
It works fine with FeedBurner ... only issue is, that it only send out mail once per day, but, I'll probably just have to live with, that the update to the DL is not instantaneous.
Br,
Jonas