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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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 ;)
Try ItFeed 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.
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.
Try It
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 ;)
Try ItEmail 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.
Try ItToRequired
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 theNew Read Receipt
trigger.
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