1 .. -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
3 ==============================
4 Getting Started With rss2email
5 ==============================
7 We highly recommend that you subscribe to the rss2email project feed
8 so you can keep up to date with the latest version, bugfixes and
11 http://rss.gmane.org/gmane.mail.rss2email
21 A quick way to get rss2email going is using pre-made packages. Here
22 are releases for Debian__ Linux, Ubuntu__ Linux, Gentoo__ Linux, and
36 Before you install rss2email, you'll need to make sure that a few
39 1. Ensure that a version of Python_ ≥3.2 is installed.
40 2. Install the required Python packages.
45 3. Figure out how you are going to send outgoing email. You have two
46 options here: either use an STMP server or a local sendmail
49 * determine your outgoing email server's SMTP address, or
50 * install sendmail (or a compatible replacement like postfix).
55 Download the latest rss2email source and unpack it. You can choose
56 from several equivalent formats.
58 1. A ``.zip`` file (suggested for Microsoft Windows users)::
60 $ wget https://github.com/wking/rss2email/archive/v2.71.zip
61 $ unzip rss2email-*.zip
63 2. A ``.tar.gz`` file (suggested for everyone else)::
65 $ wget https://github.com/wking/rss2email/archive/v2.71.tar.gz
66 $ tar xvf rss2email*.tar.gz
68 3. A Git_ checkout (suggested for developers)::
70 $ git clone git://github.com/wking/rss2email.git
75 From the unpacked directory, run::
77 $ python setup.py install
79 You can pass all the usual options to the ``install`` command,
80 including ``--user``. If you don't want to install rss2email, you can
81 also run ``r2e`` directly from the source directory.
83 Upgrading to a new version
84 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
86 Just repeat the installation procedure for the new source package. If
87 your config file and data file were in the old source directory, move
88 them over to the new source directory. If the config and data files
89 were in another directory (e.g. ``~/.config`` and ``~/.local/share``),
90 there is no need to move them.
95 Create a new feed database to send updates to your email address::
97 $ r2e new you@yourdomain.com
99 This command will create a configuration file
100 (``$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/rss2email.cfs`` by default) and a feed database
101 (``$XDG_DATA_HOME/rss2email.json`` by default). If you'd rather those
102 files were stored in other locations, use the ``--config`` and
103 ``--data`` options. ``XDG_CONFIG_HOME`` defaults to ``$HOME/.config``
104 and ``XDG_DATA_HOME`` defaults to ``$HOME/.local/share``.
106 You should edit the default configuration file now to adjust rss2email
107 for your local system. Unless you've installed a local
108 sendmail-equivalent, you'll need to edit the SMTP_ options.
110 Subscribe to some feeds::
112 $ r2e add rss2email http://rss.gmane.org/gmane.mail.rss2email
114 That's the feed to be notified when there's a new version of
115 rss2email. Repeat this for each feed you want to subscribe to.
117 When you run rss2email, it emails you about every story it hasn't seen
118 before. But the first time you run it, that will be every story. To
119 avoid this, you can ask rss2email not to send you any stories the
120 first time you run it::
124 Then later, you can ask it to email you new stories::
128 Customizing rss2email
129 =====================
131 There are a number of options, described in full in
132 ``rss2email/config.py``, to customize the way rss2email behaves. If
133 you want to change something, edit the the configuration file that was
134 created by ``r2e new``.
136 For example, if you want to receive HTML mail, instead of having
137 entries converted to plain text::
141 To be notified every time a post changes, instead of just when it's
146 And to make the emails look as if they were sent when the item was
151 If you get an error message ``Sender domain must exist``, add the
152 following to your configuration file::
154 from = rss2email@yoursite.com
157 You can make the email address whatever you want, but your mail server
158 requires that the ``yoursite.com`` part actually exists.
163 By default, rss2email uses sendmail (or an equivalent) to send
164 outgoing email. If you don't have such a program installed, or simply
165 prefer to use SMTP__ directly, edit the configuration file and fill in
166 your outoing email server's details::
171 smtp-server = smtp.yourisp.net:587
175 If your server requires you to login, change ``smtp-auth = False`` to
176 ``smtp-auth = True`` and enter your email username and password::
179 smtp-username = username
180 smtp-password = password
182 If your server requires an `TLS/SSL`_ connection (SMTPS), change
183 ``smtp-ssl = False`` to ``smtp-ssl = True``. If your server does
184 not require a SMTPS connection but you request authentication,
185 rss2email will use STARTTLS_ to encrypt the connection before sending
186 your login credentials to the server.
188 __ `Simple Mail Transport Protocol`_
193 More than likely you will want rss2email to run automatically at a
194 regular interval. Under Windows this is can be easily accomplished
195 using the Windows Task Scheduler. This site has a
196 nice tutorial__ on it. Just select ``r2e.bat`` as the program to run. Once
197 you've created the task, double click on it in the task list and
198 change the Run entry so that ``run`` comes
199 after ``r2e.bat``. For example, if you installed rss2email in
200 the ``C:\rss2email`` directory, then you would change the Run
201 entry from ``C:\rss2email\r2e.bat``
202 to ``C:\rss2email\r2e.bat run``.
204 __ `windows scheduler`_
206 On Unix/Linux systems, you should add a cron_ job that runs ``r2e``.
207 For example, run ``r2e`` every night (at 1:23 am) with::
214 User discussion and development take place on the rss2email mailing
215 list at ``rss2email@tremily.us``. Everyone is welcome to post bug
216 reports, feature requests, comments, and patches. To subscribe to the
217 list, send an email to ``rss2email+subscribe@tremily.us``. The
218 mailing list archives are available on Gmane_.
222 http://packages.qa.debian.org/r/rss2email.html
224 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rss2email
226 ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-current/pkgsrc/mail/rss2email/README.html
228 http://gpo.zugaina.org/net-mail/rss2email
229 .. _Python: http://www.python.org
230 .. _feedparser: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/feedparser
231 .. _html2text: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/html2text
232 .. _Git: http://git-scm.com/
233 .. _Simple Mail Transport Protocol: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Mail_Transport_Protocol
234 .. _TLS/SSL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security
235 .. _STARTTLS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STARTTLS
236 .. _windows scheduler: http://www.iopus.com/guides/winscheduler.htm
237 .. _cron: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron
238 .. _Gmane: http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.mail.rss2email