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Comment by dddddaviddddd | Hacker News Reader

Ironically I convert atom feeds into email newsletters using rss2email. One less app to keep open.

Ha! I had almost forgot. About a decade ago (time frame made up / guessed) I used Thunderbird as my RSS reader. Just checked and it can still do that. Since it's my primary email reader, voila!

(But I use Feedly.com web site on computer and Feedly app on phone now which is easier for managing RSS than Thunderbird by a mile. Though looking below there is Export/Import of feeds, I'm not sure there's a way to just sync them up everywhere. And I don't use Thunderbird on my phone!)

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-subscribe-news-feed...

I used to use thunderbird to read RSS. The problem though is that if you don’t poll often enough (and for some feeds, that’s every few hours) you’ll miss articles and updates — and my laptop is sometimes off for a couple of days.

I’ve switched to NewsBlur a few years ago. Happy paying customer. (But bot affiliated). The bonus is synchronized phone/laptop/desktop reading status.

I've been using NewsBlur since G killed Reader. Great service!

One of my favorite hacks: I made a google appscript that scans a list of RSS feeds to email weekly digests. Surprisingly simple, and much more useful then running a separate RSS reader in my opinion.

I have to confess: little automations like this with low barrier of entry is where I find most value in tech. Simple and practical.

I use a self-hosted RSS reader, I'm curious if you could use something like that and have some email digests generated from that. I know tt-rss supports sending email digests. You could set it up to check sites on a less frequent schedule and then the setup sounds just like what you're talking about.

You may be fine with your solution so this comment is more geared towards others who are interested in a similar solution.

I am sure managed RSS platforms also offer some kind of email digest if you don't want to self-host.

Absolutely. There's more than one way to skin a cat.

The "email digest" approach is basically DIY newsletter. While this approach works for me, it may not work well for others. YMMV.

Can you combine those two to get rid of privacy breaking stuff like tracking pixels? First sign up with Kill the newsletter to convert to rss, and then use rss2email to get a scrubbed version of the email?

Or just block images by default in your email client, which you should probably be doing anyway if privacy is your concern.

I smell an entertaining loop!

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