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From: Dare Obasanjo <dareo@mi...> Synchronizing RSS Bandit Across Multiple Machines   2004-03-02 00:29

Hello all, One of the big features on TODO list is to implement a way to synchronize the state of RSS Bandit across multiple machines so that if you use it on one machine and start it up on another it remembers what you've read, what you're subscribed to, etc. I've gone as far as writing a spec[0] for a format that does this. The main problems I've had now is that there needs to be a server where the individual RSS Bandit instances can fetch feeds from in the same way your mail reader (e.g. Outlook) downloads mail from your mail server (e.g Exchange). Since it is unlikely that users will be able to setup servers for this purpose here are a couple of ideas I've thought of supporting. I'd love your feedback and added suggestions 1.) FTP support: This is straightforward, an RSS Bandit instance can upload and download a SIAM file containing synchronization information via FTP. 2.) Mail support: This is fairly crafty and some would call it a hack. RSS Bandit mails the subscription file either as a zipped attachment or as inline text content to the user's email address and can download it using POP3 if the user's mail server supports POP3. The appropriate mail to use for synchronization is identified by an extension header in the mail or some similar identifier. There are a large number of free POP3 services[1] and users can create a throwaway account specificly for RSS Bandit synchronization. [0] http://www.25hoursaday.com/draft-obasanjo-siam-01.html [1] http://www.emailaddresses.com/email_pop.htm -- PITHY WORDS OF WISDOM Please all and you please none.

If you are an RSS Bandit user I would appreciate your thoughts on the issue. Most of the responses I've gotten so far is that I should just implement synchronization support via FTP which I'm not sure is that accessible to the average RSS Bandit user.