How Can I Enable RSS Feeds

[Michasam]

I want to start using the RSS Feeds feature in Outlook. It appears, however,
that the functionality has been disabled because all relevant options are
either missing (no RSS Feeds tab in Account Settings) or greyed out (Add a
New Feed when right-clicking the RSS Feeds folder in my mailbox).

What do I need to do?

Sincerely,

Michelle

 

[ANONYMOUS]

You need at least Outlook 2007 or IE7. Have you got either?

 

[Michasam]

Yes, I have both.
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Sincerely,

Michelle

You need at least Outlook 2007 or IE7. Have you got either?

 

[ANONYMOUS]

OK try clicking on this link to see if it works:

http://office.microsoft.com/download/afile.aspx?assetid=HX102148521033

It should open a RSS feed for MS Office Outlook. If not try to copy and paste in
your IE7 to see if it works. Let us know what happens.

hth

 

[Michasam]

OK, I clicked on this and subscribed to the RSS feed successfully. I can see
it in IE but shouldn't I be able to view this in the RSS Feeds folder in my
Outlook Mailbox?

 

[ANONYMOUS]

OK have a look at this page which contains an audio from MS assistant and a tutorial to
subscribe to RSS feeds in OL.

http://office.microsoft.com/search/redir.aspx?AssetID=RC102254891033&CTT=5&Origin=HA102200751033

hth

 

[Michasam]

I'm really sorry but I guess I'm not being very clear. When I right-click my
RSS Feeds folder, the option to Add a new feed is greyed out. And when i
subscribed to the RSS Feed above in IE, it did not show up in Outlook.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Under Control Panel->Mail Icon->Data Files->RSS tab, what happens when you
select Add and supply the requested information?

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, Michasam asked:

| I want to start using the RSS Feeds feature in Outlook. It appears,
| however, that the functionality has been disabled because all
| relevant options are either missing (no RSS Feeds tab in Account
| Settings) or greyed out (Add a New Feed when right-clicking the RSS
| Feeds folder in my mailbox).
|
| What do I need to do?
|
| Sincerely,
|
| Michelle

 

[Michasam]

There is no RSS tab under Data Files.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

What tabs do you show under Data Files?

--
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After furious head scratching, Michasam asked:

| There is no RSS tab under Data Files.
|
|| Under Control Panel->Mail Icon->Data Files->RSS tab, what happens
|| when you select Add and supply the requested information?
||
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|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
|| How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
||
||
|| After furious head scratching, Michasam asked:
||
||| I want to start using the RSS Feeds feature in Outlook. It appears,
||| however, that the functionality has been disabled because all
||| relevant options are either missing (no RSS Feeds tab in Account
||| Settings) or greyed out (Add a New Feed when right-clicking the RSS
||| Feeds folder in my mailbox).
|||
||| What do I need to do?
|||
||| Sincerely,
|||
||| Michelle

 

[Michasam]

I show:
E-mail
Data Files
Sharepoint Lists
internet Calendars
Published Calendars
Address Books

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

If you export your RSS feeds from IE to an .opml file, you can then import
them into Outlook. Have you tried that yet?

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


After furious head scratching, Michasam asked:

| I show:
| E-mail
| Data Files
| Sharepoint Lists
| internet Calendars
| Published Calendars
| Address Books
|
|| What tabs do you show under Data Files?
||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
|| ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
|| How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
||
||
|| After furious head scratching, Michasam asked:
||
||| There is no RSS tab under Data Files.
|||
|||| Under Control Panel->Mail Icon->Data Files->RSS tab, what happens
|||| when you select Add and supply the requested information?
||||
|||| --
|||| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||||
|||| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
|||| How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
||||
||||
|||| After furious head scratching, Michasam asked:
||||
||||| I want to start using the RSS Feeds feature in Outlook. It
||||| appears, however, that the functionality has been disabled
||||| because all relevant options are either missing (no RSS Feeds tab
||||| in Account Settings) or greyed out (Add a New Feed when
||||| right-clicking the RSS Feeds folder in my mailbox).
|||||
||||| What do I need to do?
|||||
||||| Sincerely,
|||||
||||| Michelle

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Home or office computer?
Is the RSS tab visible in tools, email accounts dialog?

if not, the rss service is disabled by a policy. if this is a work computer
you'll need to speak with your admin.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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[Ron]

I want to start using the RSS Feeds feature in Outlook. It appears, however,
that the functionality has been disabled because all relevant options are
either missing (no RSS Feeds tab in Account Settings) or greyed out (Add a
New Feed when right-clicking the RSS Feeds folder in my mailbox).

What do I need to do?

Sincerely,

Michelle

 

[Ron]

Check for the following registry key

Check the following registry entry
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook\Options\RSS
DWORD: Disable
Value: 1

If you delete it the tab will appear.

 

[Ron]

Check the following registry entry
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook\Options\RSS
DWORD: Disable
Value: 1

Delete the key and the tab will appear.