Proxy Setup
The FeedTreeProxy software works with any RSS reader software because it acts as an HTTP proxy, filtering all Web requests and providing up-to-date FeedTree data in response to any RSS feed requests.
In order for this to work, an RSS reader needs to be configured to make requests through the proxy. The following are brief setup instructions for some popular RSS readers.
Mac OS X |
Windows XP |
Linux |
BeOS R5
- FeedDemon http://feedtree.net/images/osicons/xp.png
- GoogleDesktop http://feedtree.net/images/osicons/xp.png
- NetNewsWire http://feedtree.net/images/osicons/apple-gray.png
- NewsFire http://feedtree.net/images/osicons/apple-gray.png
- Thunderbird http://feedtree.net/images/osicons/xp.png http://feedtree.net/images/osicons/linux.png http://feedtree.net/images/osicons/apple-gray.png
- Opera http://feedtree.net/images/osicons/xp.png http://feedtree.net/images/osicons/linux.png http://feedtree.net/images/osicons/apple-gray.png http://feedtree.net/images/osicons/belogo.png
- Liferea http://feedtree.net/images/osicons/linux.png
- RSSOwl http://feedtree.net/images/osicons/xp.png http://feedtree.net/images/osicons/linux.png http://feedtree.net/images/osicons/apple-gray.png
- Python-Based Aggregators http://feedtree.net/images/osicons/linux.png
- SharpReader http://feedtree.net/images/osicons/xp.png
- NewsPipe http://feedtree.net/images/osicons/xp.png http://feedtree.net/images/osicons/linux.png http://feedtree.net/images/osicons/apple-gray.png
- Web-based applications like Bloglines, My Yahoo!, Google Reader, etc.
Once you have configured your RSS reader to use the FeedTreeProxy, you'll want to reduce your reader's feed polling interval to a very small number so that the very latest FeedTree data (as cached by the proxy) is available in your reader. The pages listed above contain specific instructions on how to do this.
[While an interval of 30 minutes or an hour is appropriate for polling conventional RSS feeds, with FeedTree your reader talks directly to your own personal proxy, and so you want the freshest information possible; we recommend a polling interval of only 5 or 10 minutes.]
