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Using RSS Feeds

Overview of RSS Adding and Removing RSS Feeds Saving RSS Articles Forwarding RSS Articles Changing the Text Size and Font

Adding and Removing RSS Feeds

You can subscribe to more RSS feeds or remove feeds that you no longer want.

 

Here’s How

  1. Sign in to Yahoo! Mail, and expand the list of RSS feeds. (Remind me how.)

  2. Click the Add link next to All Feeds.

    Click the Add link.

    The Add Content window appears.

  3. Perform one of the following actions:

    • Click the Add button next to one of the RSS feeds on the list.

      Select the RSS feed you want to add.

    • Search for feeds that might interest you by typing keywords or a URL in the space provided at the top of the window, then click Go.

      Type in search terms or a URL to find interesting RSS feeds.

      A list of feeds matching your entry appears on the Search Results tab in the Add Content window. To add a feed from the list to Yahoo! Mail, click its Add button.

      Adding a feed from search resultsEnlarge

    Tip: You can find RSS feeds on some of your favorite web sites and anywhere you see the RSS icon or XML icon icons.

  4. Click the Done button at the bottom of the Add Content window when you’re finished adding RSS feeds.

    The new feeds appear on the list in Yahoo! Mail.

    The new RSS feeds appear on the list.

  5. To remove a feed (that is, to unsubscribe), select the feed you want to remove, and click the Remove button.

    Select one of your RSS feeds, then click the Remove button.Enlarge

    Yahoo! Mail prompts you to confirm that you want to remove the selected feed.

  6. Click the OK button.

    Yahoo! Mail removes the feed from your list.

    Tip: When you add or remove an RSS feed using Yahoo! Mail, the feed is also added to or removed from your My Yahoo!. See the Adding Content tutorial for more information about RSS content in My Yahoo!.

 

What’s Next

You can save RSS articles for future reference.

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Words to Know

  • Feed: an XML file used to deliver documents or other content using RSS.
  • RSS: a standard distribution format that web sites and blogs can use to send updated headlines to users through a service like Yahoo!. (The acronym is commonly expanded to Really Simple Syndication.)
  • URL: Universal Resource Locator; specifies the location of a file or web page, such as http://my.yahoo.com.