[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #3513: RSS feeds need updateFrequency to limit scans by Outlook

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#3513: RSS feeds need updateFrequency to limit scans by Outlook
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 Reporter:  _ck_         |       Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  2.0.6    
Component:  Template     |     Version:  2.0      
 Severity:  normal       |    Keywords:           
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 I discovered a few visitors were pulling down the RSS feeds thousands of
 times each day without realizing it. This turned out to be because they
 are using the new Office 12/2007 update with IE7 and that makes it pull
 down the entire feed every time they check mail, sometimes every 10
 minutes or less (thanks Microsoft!)

 This problem is about to become widespread when many more people upgrade.

 RSS feed needs this namespace added
 {{{
 xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
 }}}

 then specify an hourly frequency maximum check time:
 {{{
 <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod>
 <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency>
 }}}

 Comments Feed needs the addition as well, perhaps atom feeds too.

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