[pct-l] help

[mlissner at aidshike.org (Michael Lissner)]

RSS stands for Really Simply Syndication (yes, they have finally decided 
that something is simple). It's a way to get news feeds from websites so 
that you don't have to go to their site all the time to see if there is 
anything new. These are especially cool with actual news, because you 
can sign up for a feed from the New York Times that searches once a day 
for the term, "Pacific Crest Trail" for instance. That way, if ever 
there is news on the PCT, it will come to you - automatically. It's 
pretty cool really. You can do these for whatever interests you, be it 
sewing or the elusive black widow spider (probably).

Anyway, to set these up, first a site needs to have RSS set up (which 
carl has done). Second, you need something to receive the feed. I use 
Thunderbird from Mozilla, and it works like a charm. Basically, all you 
do is plug in the site for the feed (which carl gave below), and the 
news will come flying in as often as you tell it to.

-mike

www.aidshike.org
 -510.547.4299-



JoAnn M. Michael wrote:

>"Message: 25
>Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 02:32:02 -0800
>From: "Carl Siechert" <carl.s@charter.net>
>Subject: [pct-l] News about ADZPCTKO
>To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
>Message-ID: <3rr89m$p8pes4@mxip15a.cluster1.charter.net>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
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>Tired of checking the ADZPCTKO Web site <http://pct77.org/adz> to see if
>that lazy Webmaster has gotten around to entering your registration? Updated
>the schedule of events? Acknowledged your donation? Added any new
>unpronounceable abbreviations to the PCT lexicon?
>
>We now have an RSS feed, so you can let your RSS reader do the checking for
>you. Aim it at http://pct77.org/adz/rss.xml
>
>And if the abbreviation "RSS" makes even less sense to you than "ADZPCTKO,"
>you can read about updates at
>http://pct77.org/adz/archive/2005_site_updates.htm. Or you can learn about
>RSS here: http://rss.softwaregarden.com/aboutrss.html
>
>Four weeks 'til ADZPCTKO...
>
>--Carl
>  Aforementioned lazy Webmaster
>  1977 Kelty Kid "
>
>
>
>Can someone help me out with an explanation as to what RSS is and does?  
>
>JoAnn
>Social Worker
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