I hate logging into Gmail or Thunderbird to read my email…I’d like to
just pull it down like an RSS reader and if I need to, THEN login and
respond. Usually, I’m just wanting to keep in touch. Until now, I hadn’t
been able to do that. MakeUseOf.com
explains how, though:

Gmail has a RSS feed which is called an “authenticated feed” which
basically means you need to enter your username and password in order to
access it. A lot of web-based RSS services, including Google Reader
ironically enough, don’t support authenticated feeds. In fact, they
still don’t. So what FreeMyFeed does is act as the middle man, taking
your feed and swapping it for a proxy that the RSS service WILL accept.
Of course this means that you have to trust FreeMyFeed with your Gmail
username and password. I tested the service with a dummy account and
fake emails but I would never use this service with my main accounts.
With over 10,000 emails, I would have too much to lose if the service
was ever compromised. So you need to decide if you are willing to take
the risk and trust the service with your Gmail user details. Maybe it’s
just me and my paranoia at work. I don’t know.

How to get it done?

Step 1-Go to Freemyfeed.com

Step 2-Paste in this address "https://mail.google.com/mail/feed/atom"
without quotes

Step 3-Enter username and password

Step 4-Subscribe using your favorite RSS reader (i used
GoogleReader)

Step 5-Read Email in RSS reader.

What a great way to keep up with email accounts I monitor without having
to login!!

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