What is our RSS service and how does it work?
If you're tired of checking and re-checking your favorite websites to see if anything is new, you might be interested in RSS. It's short for Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication. More than that, it's a way for news stories to be fed to your computer. You decide what news feeds you wish to receive, and RSS sends you a list of new headlines.
 Just a few months ago, we introduced this feature to Alumni Connect. Our feed will tell you when new stories have been published. In addition, we'll also update the feed anytime we post new must-read information on the Alumni website. Among other things, we'll use RSS to let you know when new Class Notes have been posted, so you can see what your classmates are up to.
The first step in using RSS feeds will be downloading a news reader, also called a news aggregator. Much like programs such as Outlook, Hotmail and Entourage are used to read e-mail, a news reader is a piece of software that is needed to read news feeds. A variety of news readers are available free of charge. News readers differ in how they look and function, so experts suggest testing several readers before selecting one.
RSS support is also included in current versions of the Firefox web browser and Thunderbird mail client.
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Once you have a news reader, simply select the RSS feeds from various Web sites that you would like your reader to track. The news reader you have downloaded will give you instructions. Many sites will indicate that a feed is available by using an icon with the acronyms RSS or XML.
To receive the latest Alumni Association news feed, copy this URL into your news reader: http://alumni.binghamton.edu/RSS.xml. We hope you find this to be an easy way to receive Binghamton alumni news.
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