Re: pull mail with notifications, was Thinking outside the box - send envelope first

On Mar 19, 2013, at 16:34, John Levine <[email protected]> wrote:

>>> Haven't you ever wondered why nobody has ever done the obvious hack to
>>> send people a message to tell them to look for updates in an RSS feed,
>>> rather than polling the feed?  That's why.
>> 
>> Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but isn't this the definition of 
>> what Pingomatic, Feed Shark, and even FeedBurner's own Pingshot service do?
>> 
>> Or does the patent specifically cover email in some fashion?
> 
> The patents cover notifications to recipients about documents intended
> for them, not generic notices about public documents.

It sounds like they ought to be suing the post office for delivering those little notes saying they have a registered letter for you. Or, go after AOL for their "You've got mail!".

-- Dan Oetting