--- title: Rubenerd: Using Thunderbird for RSS | daily.dev description: A personal account of using Thunderbird as an RSS reader, highlighting how it integrates naturally alongside email, newsgroups, calendars, and notes. Key tips... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/rubenerd-using-thunderbird-for-rss-0ksvlx5dy twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Rubenerd: Using Thunderbird for RSS | daily.dev og:description: A personal account of using Thunderbird as an RSS reader, highlighting how it integrates naturally alongside email, newsgroups, calendars, and notes. Key tips... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/rubenerd-using-thunderbird-for-rss-0ksvlx5dy og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/0ksvlX5dY.png og:image:alt: Rubenerd: Using Thunderbird for RSS og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Rubenerd: Using Thunderbird for RSS **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A personal account of using Thunderbird as an RSS reader, highlighting how it integrates naturally alongside email, newsgroups, calendars, and notes. Key tips include using email filters to auto-mark feed items as read (implementing a 'river of news' approach) and organizing feeds into folders within a dedicated Feeds account. NetNewsWire is noted as the best dedicated RSS client, but Thunderbird is a solid cross-platform alternative. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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