> From: Eric Lease Morgan [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 1:41 PM
> Subject: [CODE4LIB] mailinglist2rss.pl
>
> On 2/9/04 1:35 PM, Eric Lease Morgan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>>  I have two new ideas (at least new for me), and the first one is called
>>  iIndex: Search Your Own Stuff...
>
> The other idea is something called mailinglist2rss.pl.
>
> Mailing lists are cool and work quite well. RSS is great way to syndicate
> content. I thought I might be able to combine their strengths by writing a
> procmail recipe that listens to a mailing list. When the recipe receives
> input it first pipes the email message to a mailing list archiver (say,
> Hypermail). Next, the recipe updates an RSS file where the new message
gets
> pushed onto a stack. This RSS file is then syndicated to various RSS
> readers.
>
> Such a program, mailinglist2rss.pl, would allow people to monitor a
mailing
> list without having to subscribe, nor would they have to actively visit
the
> mailing list archives for updates.
>
> What about this one?

This is a great idea!!

Andy.