email notification for new entries?

have set up an internal roller weblog at work. It contains
some
technical stuff about the components I work on and is not
updated
frequently, but all entries and comments are of interest to
most
readers.

Is there a way to send e-mail notifications to subscribers
when new
entries and comments are added?

I am myself a new user of blogs, so I apologize in advance
if this is
a stupid question. Thank you in advance,

- hemal

The e-mail notification functionality that is built in would
allow you to 
notify the blog owner and other people who had already
commented on the same 
entry to the blog (and left e-mail addresses) whenever a new
comment is 
added.

Subscription-based reading is probably handled best using
the Atom or RSS 
feeds.

--a.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hemal Pandya" <hemal.pandyagmail.com>
To: <roller-userincubator.apache.org>
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 11:21 PM
Subject: email notification for new entries?


> have set up an internal roller weblog at work. It
contains some
> technical stuff about the components I work on and is
not updated
> frequently, but all entries and comments are of
interest to most
> readers.
>
> Is there a way to send e-mail notifications to
subscribers when new
> entries and comments are added?
>
> I am myself a new user of blogs, so I apologize in
advance if this is
> a stupid question. Thank you in advance,
>
> - hemal
> 

I am aware of the comment notification functionality. I was
looking
for notification of new entries being sent to all
subscribers. I have
seen this on some blogs.

You are quite right that this is better handled in a
different way.
Unfortunately the readers (including the me, the blog
SysAdmin) are
not heavy blog readers yet. On the other hand it is
important that the
readers do read the entries in time.

Perhaps blog is not the right content management system for
this?

I am currently looking at something on the client side e.g.
rss2mail.
Any suggestions there?


On 2/20/07, Anil Gangolli <anilbusybuddha.org> wrote:
>
> The e-mail notification functionality that is built in
would allow you to
> notify the blog owner and other people who had already
commented on the same
> entry to the blog (and left e-mail addresses) whenever
a new comment is
> added.
>
> Subscription-based reading is probably handled best
using the Atom or RSS
> feeds.
>
> --a.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hemal Pandya" <hemal.pandyagmail.com>
> To: <roller-userincubator.apache.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 11:21 PM
> Subject: email notification for new entries?
>
>
> > have set up an internal roller weblog at work. It
contains some
> > technical stuff about the components I work on and
is not updated
> > frequently, but all entries and comments are of
interest to most
> > readers.
> >
> > Is there a way to send e-mail notifications to
subscribers when new
> > entries and comments are added?
> >
> > I am myself a new user of blogs, so I apologize in
advance if this is
> > a stupid question. Thank you in advance,
> >
> > - hemal
> >
>
>

I would suggest adding your feed to Feeburner
(feedburner.com) and
using their notification tools for your readers.

Matt

On 2/20/07, Hemal Pandya <hemal.pandyagmail.com> wrote:
> I am aware of the comment notification functionality. I
was looking
> for notification of new entries being sent to all
subscribers. I have
> seen this on some blogs.
>
> You are quite right that this is better handled in a
different way.
> Unfortunately the readers (including the me, the blog
SysAdmin) are
> not heavy blog readers yet. On the other hand it is
important that the
> readers do read the entries in time.
>
> Perhaps blog is not the right content management system
for this?
>
> I am currently looking at something on the client side
e.g. rss2mail.
> Any suggestions there?
>
>
> On 2/20/07, Anil Gangolli <anilbusybuddha.org> wrote:
> >
> > The e-mail notification functionality that is
built in would allow you to
> > notify the blog owner and other people who had
already commented on the same
> > entry to the blog (and left e-mail addresses)
whenever a new comment is
> > added.
> >
> > Subscription-based reading is probably handled
best using the Atom or RSS
> > feeds.
> >
> > --a.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Hemal Pandya"
<hemal.pandyagmail.com>
> > To: <roller-userincubator.apache.org>
> > Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 11:21 PM
> > Subject: email notification for new entries?
> >
> >
> > > have set up an internal roller weblog at
work. It contains some
> > > technical stuff about the components I work
on and is not updated
> > > frequently, but all entries and comments are
of interest to most
> > > readers.
> > >
> > > Is there a way to send e-mail notifications
to subscribers when new
> > > entries and comments are added?
> > >
> > > I am myself a new user of blogs, so I
apologize in advance if this is
> > > a stupid question. Thank you in advance,
> > >
> > > - hemal
> > >
> >
> >
>


-- 
http://raibledesigns.com

But that works only for publicly accessible blogs, no? This
is on the
Intranet :-( And if I could find a hole, they would get me
for sending
out company confidential stuff.

I have found an RSS Reader for Lotus Notes (yes, we use
that). I guess
I'll have to convince the users to keep an eye on the blog.
That
sounds a better option then rss2mail.

Thank you for your help and suggestion.

On 2/21/07, Matt Raible <mattraibledesigns.com>
wrote:
> I would suggest adding your feed to Feeburner
(feedburner.com) and
> using their notification tools for your readers.
>
> Matt
>
> On 2/20/07, Hemal Pandya <hemal.pandyagmail.com> wrote:
> > I am aware of the comment notification
functionality. I was looking
> > for notification of new entries being sent to all
subscribers. I have
> > seen this on some blogs.
> >
> > You are quite right that this is better handled in
a different way.
> > Unfortunately the readers (including the me, the
blog SysAdmin) are
> > not heavy blog readers yet. On the other hand it
is important that the
> > readers do read the entries in time.
> >
> > Perhaps blog is not the right content management
system for this?
> >
> > I am currently looking at something on the client
side e.g. rss2mail.
> > Any suggestions there?
> >
> >
> > On 2/20/07, Anil Gangolli <anilbusybuddha.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > The e-mail notification functionality that is
built in would allow you to
> > > notify the blog owner and other people who
had already commented on the same
> > > entry to the blog (and left e-mail addresses)
whenever a new comment is
> > > added.
> > >
> > > Subscription-based reading is probably
handled best using the Atom or RSS
> > > feeds.
> > >
> > > --a.
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Hemal Pandya"
<hemal.pandyagmail.com>
> > > To: <roller-userincubator.apache.org>
> > > Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 11:21 PM
> > > Subject: email notification for new entries?
> > >
> > >
> > > > have set up an internal roller weblog at
work. It contains some
> > > > technical stuff about the components I
work on and is not updated
> > > > frequently, but all entries and comments
are of interest to most
> > > > readers.
> > > >
> > > > Is there a way to send e-mail
notifications to subscribers when new
> > > > entries and comments are added?
> > > >
> > > > I am myself a new user of blogs, so I
apologize in advance if this is
> > > > a stupid question. Thank you in
advance,
> > > >
> > > > - hemal
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
> --
> http://raibledesigns.com

>

There is a simple example of a Java blog-to-mail program in
my book.
BlogMailer reads a list feeds and then sends out a digest
email, with
title and except for each new entry, if any have changed
since the
last time it ran. It's designed to run as a cron-job or a
Windows
Scheduled Task. The code is Apache license and you can get
it here:
http://blogapps.dev.jav
a.net; it's the Chapter 15 example in Blogapps
1.x.

- Dave



On 2/20/07, Hemal Pandya <hemal.pandyagmail.com> wrote:
> But that works only for publicly accessible blogs, no?
This is on the
> Intranet :-( And if I could find a hole, they would get
me for sending
> out company confidential stuff.
>
> I have found an RSS Reader for Lotus Notes (yes, we use
that). I guess
> I'll have to convince the users to keep an eye on the
blog. That
> sounds a better option then rss2mail.
>
> Thank you for your help and suggestion.
>
> On 2/21/07, Matt Raible <mattraibledesigns.com>
wrote:
> > I would suggest adding your feed to Feeburner
(feedburner.com) and
> > using their notification tools for your readers.
> >
> > Matt
> >
> > On 2/20/07, Hemal Pandya <hemal.pandyagmail.com> wrote:
> > > I am aware of the comment notification
functionality. I was looking
> > > for notification of new entries being sent to
all subscribers. I have
> > > seen this on some blogs.
> > >
> > > You are quite right that this is better
handled in a different way.
> > > Unfortunately the readers (including the me,
the blog SysAdmin) are
> > > not heavy blog readers yet. On the other hand
it is important that the
> > > readers do read the entries in time.
> > >
> > > Perhaps blog is not the right content
management system for this?
> > >
> > > I am currently looking at something on the
client side e.g. rss2mail.
> > > Any suggestions there?
> > >
> > >
> > > On 2/20/07, Anil Gangolli <anilbusybuddha.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > The e-mail notification functionality
that is built in would allow you to
> > > > notify the blog owner and other people
who had already commented on the same
> > > > entry to the blog (and left e-mail
addresses) whenever a new comment is
> > > > added.
> > > >
> > > > Subscription-based reading is probably
handled best using the Atom or RSS
> > > > feeds.
> > > >
> > > > --a.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Hemal Pandya"
<hemal.pandyagmail.com>
> > > > To: <roller-userincubator.apache.org>
> > > > Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 11:21
PM
> > > > Subject: email notification for new
entries?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > have set up an internal roller
weblog at work. It contains some
> > > > > technical stuff about the
components I work on and is not updated
> > > > > frequently, but all entries and
comments are of interest to most
> > > > > readers.
> > > > >
> > > > > Is there a way to send e-mail
notifications to subscribers when new
> > > > > entries and comments are added?
> > > > >
> > > > > I am myself a new user of blogs, so
I apologize in advance if this is
> > > > > a stupid question. Thank you in
advance,
> > > > >
> > > > > - hemal
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > http://raibledesigns.com

> >
>

Awsome. I would like to send the mail to many recipients but
that
should be a fairly simple change.

Thanks for your help.

- hemal

On 2/21/07, Dave <snoopdavegmail.com> wrote:
> There is a simple example of a Java blog-to-mail
program in my book.
> BlogMailer reads a list feeds and then sends out a
digest email, with
> title and except for each new entry, if any have
changed since the
> last time it ran. It's designed to run as a cron-job or
a Windows
> Scheduled Task. The code is Apache license and you can
get it here:
> http://blogapps.dev.jav
a.net; it's the Chapter 15 example in Blogapps
> 1.x.
>
> - Dave
>
>
>
> On 2/20/07, Hemal Pandya <hemal.pandyagmail.com> wrote:
> > But that works only for publicly accessible blogs,
no? This is on the
> > Intranet :-( And if I could find a hole, they
would get me for sending
> > out company confidential stuff.
> >
> > I have found an RSS Reader for Lotus Notes (yes,
we use that). I guess
> > I'll have to convince the users to keep an eye on
the blog. That
> > sounds a better option then rss2mail.
> >
> > Thank you for your help and suggestion.
> >
> > On 2/21/07, Matt Raible <mattraibledesigns.com> wrote:
> > > I would suggest adding your feed to Feeburner
(feedburner.com) and
> > > using their notification tools for your
readers.
> > >
> > > Matt
> > >
> > > On 2/20/07, Hemal Pandya <hemal.pandyagmail.com> wrote:
> > > > I am aware of the comment notification
functionality. I was looking
> > > > for notification of new entries being
sent to all subscribers. I have
> > > > seen this on some blogs.
> > > >
> > > > You are quite right that this is better
handled in a different way.
> > > > Unfortunately the readers (including the
me, the blog SysAdmin) are
> > > > not heavy blog readers yet. On the other
hand it is important that the
> > > > readers do read the entries in time.
> > > >
> > > > Perhaps blog is not the right content
management system for this?
> > > >
> > > > I am currently looking at something on
the client side e.g. rss2mail.
> > > > Any suggestions there?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 2/20/07, Anil Gangolli <anilbusybuddha.org> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > The e-mail notification
functionality that is built in would allow you to
> > > > > notify the blog owner and other
people who had already commented on the same
> > > > > entry to the blog (and left e-mail
addresses) whenever a new comment is
> > > > > added.
> > > > >
> > > > > Subscription-based reading is
probably handled best using the Atom or RSS
> > > > > feeds.
> > > > >
> > > > > --a.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: "Hemal Pandya"
<hemal.pandyagmail.com>
> > > > > To: <roller-userincubator.apache.org>
> > > > > Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007
11:21 PM
> > > > > Subject: email notification for new
entries?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > have set up an internal roller
weblog at work. It contains some
> > > > > > technical stuff about the
components I work on and is not updated
> > > > > > frequently, but all entries
and comments are of interest to most
> > > > > > readers.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Is there a way to send e-mail
notifications to subscribers when new
> > > > > > entries and comments are
added?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I am myself a new user of
blogs, so I apologize in advance if this is
> > > > > > a stupid question. Thank you
in advance,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > - hemal
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > http://raibledesigns.com

> > >
> >
>