Comments on: Outlook 2007 and Duplicate RSS Feeds

By: sulleh.com » Blog Archive » Pain Point: Outlook 2007 RSS Duplication

sulleh.com » Blog Archive » Pain Point: Outlook 2007 RSS Duplication — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:14:09 +0000

[...] annoying that I continue to get duplicate (and sometimes triplocate) items in my RSS folders. From doing a little research, it seems this is a pretty well known problem. One of the reasons for this bug is that the Outlook [...]

By: Jason Dunn

Jason Dunn — Thu, 17 May 2007 16:48:03 +0000

Yes, I think you’re right brianchris, the RSS settings are being mirrored from the Exchange server to the clients.

By: brianchris

brianchris — Thu, 17 May 2007 15:07:08 +0000

Travis, you may be right: Despite my best efforts, I can’t seem to only have the RSS settings in *one* Outlook 2007 client. Its as if the RSS settings are migrated to other Outlook 2007 clients of mine *VIA* Exchange. Add an RSS feed on Outlook 2007 client A, those settings will be propogated to Outlook 2007 client B next time you log on. Delete those RSS settings from client B? They’ll be deleted from client A!

By: TravisO

TravisO — Wed, 09 May 2007 15:39:33 +0000

I’m also using Outlook 2007 for RSS feeds, it saves me a ton of time as I don’t have to randomly visit sites nor run another app. I’m also on an Exchange server and I also get duplicate RSS items ALL THE TIME on EVERY feed. I’m not using a second computer so that’s not the cause of your duplicate problem. And I also know the RSS feeds are using the same URL for their posts, so it’s truly a pure Outlook 2007 flaw.

Considering how blatant this bug is, I can’t believe it shipped this way. Considering that Outlook 2007 is 5 months old, an update should have been provided by now!

By: brianchris

brianchris — Fri, 04 May 2007 16:51:17 +0000

Perry’s solution is the idea I had before I read this, and was about to implement it. Your desktop Outlook becomes the “RSS retriever,” which then syncronizes with Exchange. I agree with Jason that this is less than ideal, though, as Outllok needs to be running on your desktop at all times. I wish you could setup RSS feeds on the Exchange server itself (via OWA or Xadmin)….maybe Exchange 2007 does this???

By: Jason Dunn

Jason Dunn — Thu, 03 May 2007 02:29:03 +0000

Thanks for the tip Perry – I guess though that would mean that on my laptop, I’d never get new RSS feed items, right? That’s definitely not ideal. I wish Microsoft had put some more smarts into this system.

By: Perry

Perry — Wed, 02 May 2007 11:16:19 +0000

I also use hosted Exchange and I do use Outlook as my RSS reader. I’ve been using it since the 2003 version which required a plug-in to do it. Here’s one suggestion: Set up only one of your computers to pull the RSS feeds. The others will get the feeds synced via Exchange, just like any other email folders. You’ll still get duplicates from time to time, but not very often.

By: ctmagnus

ctmagnus — Wed, 02 May 2007 04:34:45 +0000

It never really worked for me. I always had something that wouldn’t quite synchronize fully.

And, with NewsGator Outlook Edition, you can synchronize your feeds with your Exchange account.

By: Jason Dunn

Jason Dunn — Wed, 02 May 2007 03:24:31 +0000

I always thought Feeddemon was fantastic at synchronizing things…I never had a problem with it. You did I guess?

By: ctmagnus

ctmagnus — Wed, 02 May 2007 03:17:38 +0000

Might I suggest NewsGator Outlook Edition (along with NewsGator Online and NewsGator Mobile, both of which are free)? I used to use FeedDemon but quickly became dismayed with it once I really started getting into synchronizing things.