R|Mail is one of several ways of reading your news feeds as emails. Just plug the URL of the feed and an email address into the boxes, and news items start appearing in your inbox.

I generally use the excellent NetNewsWire for reading and managing my news feeds, and I still do, but I now use R|Mail as well for the three or four feeds that I find most useful. Here’s why:

1. Items that are interesting or that I want to blog about go straight into the Action folder in Apple Mail along with the regular emails. All the things I need to action are in one place. That’s good.
2. I can archive interesting news items along with the rest of my mail, and search it all in one place. Instead of switching between NetNewsWire and Apple Mail, a search in Apple Mail finds it all. That’s good too.
3. Sometimes (but not too often as I know it can be annoying) I like to forward a news item onto a friend. It’s easier if it is an email already.

If you use feeds alot or you are a big fan of three or four feeds in particular, it’s an option worth thinking about.

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