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RSS

1. Really Simple Syndication. A format used for syndicating news and content of news-like sites. RSS publishes information via an XML format, providing a channel, title, link, description and a series of items each of which is in turn defined in by a title, link and description.

Also known as "Web Feeds", occasionally also referred to as "News Feeds".

Relevant links:

www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/12/18/dive-into-xml.html - Article on RSS and the different types of RSS.
www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/w-rss.html?dwzone=web - An introduction to RSS news feeds, gives guidance on the (manual) creation of RSS.
www.petefreitag.com/item/465.cfm - How to Create an RSS 2.0 feed.
www.rss-specifications.com/create-rss-feed.htm - For information on creating RSS feeds.

2. Relay Spam Stopper. An extensive list of IP addresses of known open relay mail servers.

Relevant links:

www.mail-abuse.com/services/mds_rss.html - MAPS RSS Overview.

3. Royal Statistical Society.

Relevant links:

www.rss.org.uk - Royal Statistical Society website.

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