RSS in an editor's only site

[David A. Bayly]

The addedValues plugin implements authenticated RSS out of Manila. 
Terse description <http://www.addedvalues.org/help/rss/>

At 07:35 -0400 04/06/02, Stephen Waters wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I've got an editor's only site with syndication turned on for the 
>home page and discussion group messages but without it being sent to 
>weblogs.com.
>
>Should a newsreader be able to get the rss feed? How can cookies be 
>authenticated. They are logged in on the browser, Safari, but I 
>wouldn't expect Newswire to be able to detect that.
>
>Ranchero Software says:
>
>"NetNewsWire can read sites that use http authentication -- but I 
>don't know if the RSS feeds for editors-only sites are available 
>that way. (They may require a cookie instead.)
>
>"I vaguely remember that at some point UserLand made it possible to 
>read them via http authentication, but I'm not positive. I'd 
>recommend asking them about it."
>
>So I am.
>
>Regards/Stephen


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