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Send new RSS feed entries via email

Want a quick way to know whenever your favorite sites publish new articles? This Zap will automatically send you an email from Zapier any time the RSS feed you follow publishes anything new. It's an easy way to turn your email app into a news reader.

Want a quick way to know whenever your favorite sites publish new articles? This Zap will automatically send you an email from Zapier any time the RSS feed you follow publishes anything new. It's an easy way to turn your email app into a news reader.

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    New Item in Feed

    Triggers on new RSS feed items.

    TriggerScheduled
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    Send Outbound Email

    Send an email from your own custom zapiermail.com address. Up to 10 emails sent per hour.

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Supported triggers and actions

What does this mean?
    • Feed URLsRequired

      Paste publicly accessible RSS URLs, one per line. Maximum of 10.

    • What Triggers a New Feed Item?

      This is an advanced option. Go with the recommended unless you're a total pro ;)

    Trigger
    Scheduled
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    • Feed URLRequired

      Customize the private URL for this RSS feed. Letters, numbers, and hyphens only, no spaces.

    • Feed Title

      Defaults to "A Feed Called X" where X is the last portion of the feed's url from above.

    • Max Records

      50 is the max, but this allows you to reduce the number of items returned in the feed.

    • Item TitleRequired

      The title of the item to publish.

    • Source URLRequired

      Provide a source URL for where this item is permanently hosted. Most RSS readers turn the title into a clickable link to this URL.

    • ContentRequired

      Provide the plain text or HTML content of the feed item.

    • Automatically Truncate Messages over 10KB?

      Use this field to control whether Zapier will truncate data over the 10kb limit (select Yes), or generate an error if the data is too large (select No). See our Help for more information.

    • Author Name

    • Author Email

    • Author Link

    • Media URL

      Specify a raw download URL for your podcast file, image, or other media file.

    • Media MIME Type

      What is the MIME type for your raw file? Defaults to audio/mpeg.

    • Media Length in Bytes

      Some players require a valid length. Defaults to 0.

    • Pubdate

      Most people would put "now", but you can change it to something like "tomorrow" or "next week monday at 7pm" or "2013-08-23 12:00:00 +0800"! Note, we do not order by pubdate, just by order inserted.

    Action
    Write
    • Setup Directions

      In order to trigger when emails are opened, this must be paired with a separate Zap using the Send Outbound Email action, with the Enable Read Receipts? field set to True.

      To test with a live email, send an email to yourself using your Send Outbound Email action (with read receipts enabled) and open it, then test this trigger immediately for samples. If you don't need to test with live data, click Skip Test to use static test data.

    Trigger
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    • Feed URLRequired

      Paste your publicly accessible RSS URL here.

    • Username

      If required to access the feed.

    • Password

      If required to access the feed.

    • What Triggers a New Feed Item?

      This is an advanced option. Go with the recommended unless you're a total pro ;)

    Trigger
    Scheduled
    Try It
    • Email AddressRequired

      Customize the private email address associated with your mailbox. Be sure to use lowercase and numbers only. Just forward emails to this address to trigger this Zap. Want to receive to your own email address? Try Mailgun, IMAP, Mandrill, or Gmail instead.

    Trigger
    Instant
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    • ToRequired

      Can be a comma separated list of emails. Limited to 5.

    • SubjectRequired

    • Body (HTML or Plain)Required

      You can place HTML in here and we will send it as is. If this is plain text, we will try to convert it to some very basic HTML for greater client compatibility.

    • Attachment

      A file object to be attached to the email. Plain text content will converted into a txt file and attached. Please note, if the file is over ~10mb or so, you should explore using other email sending techniques (like Gmail or SMTP).

    • From Name

      This will be your "display name" when sending. Want to send from your own email address? Try Mailgun, IMAP, Mandrill or Gmail apps instead.

    • Reply To

      Specify a reply address other than your own.

    • Cc

      Can be a comma separated list of emails. Limited to 5.

    • Bcc

      Can be a comma separated list of emails. Limited to 5.

    • Force Linebreaks?

      Set this to "yes" if your emails are received without line breaks or spacing.

    • Enable read receipts?

      Want to be notified when this email is opened? Set this to to True and set up a Zap using the New Read Receipt trigger.

    Action
    Write
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About Email by Zapier

Send and receive email via a custom Zapier email address at "zapiermail.com". This is great for triggering off of emails and sending custom emails. (Max of 10 email sends per hour.) Have direct access to your own email servers? Check out our IMAP and SMTP services!

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About RSS by Zapier

RSS (really simple syndication) is pretty much the industry standard for feed readers. You'll find RSS feeds in almost every app imaginable.

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