Do not use the Atom Gmail services with Bloglines
The problem is that to use the Gmail Atom service in Bloglines, you need to build your feed’s URL like this: https://USERNAME:PASSWORD@gmail.google.com/gmail/feed/atom, to provide the user and password to the feed’s server.
All the problem is there: you have the username and the password in plaintext directly in the URL.
This is something I thought I should carry as it is important information. I tried to use the Atom feed for my Gmail account once, but didn’t have it right, so it never worked. Good thing, I guess. Of course, I realized that reading my Gmail via an RSS feed is not really that helpful anyway. I use the GTDMail method with my account, so it’s nice to be able to see more than just the new messages when I go there. It also means I use my inbox as a to-do list, but I’m working on ways around that (using the Stars is a good example).
Time to work on some categories for the blog now, I think…
