How to set and change the update interval of RSS Feeds in Outlook?
By default, RSS Feeds use the publishers’ update recommendations and update quite frequently. Sometimes, the publishers’ update recommendations may be not fit for you, and you need the RSS Feeds update more frequently or less. Actually, you can customize the update intervals of RSS Feeds. This article will introduce steps about how to set and change the update intervals of RSS Feeds in Microsoft Outlook.
Part 1: Disable the publisher update recommendation for RSS Feeds
Part 2: Customize update intervals for RSS Feeds
There are two parts to set and change the update intervals of RSS Feeds in Microsoft Outlook. The first part is to uncheck the publisher update recommendation, and the second part is to define a new send/receive group for the RSS Feeds that you will change their update intervals. We will introduce the steps in details.
Part 1: Disable the publisher update recommendation for RSS Feeds
Step 1: Open the "Account Settings" dialog box:
- In Outlook 2007, click "Tools" > "Account Settings".
- In Outlook 2010 and 2013, click "File" > "Info" > "Account Settings" > "Account Settings".

Step 2: In the "Account Settings" dialog box, click the "RSS Feeds" tab, select the feed name that you will change its update interval, and then click the "Change" button.

Step 3: In the "RSS Feed Options" dialog box, uncheck the option of "Use the Publisher update recommendation" in the "Update Limit" section. See the following screenshot:

Step 4: Click "OK" and "Close" to exit the two dialog boxes.
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Part 2: Customize update intervals for RSS Feeds
Step 5: Open the Send/Receive Groups dialog box:
- In Outlook 2007, please click the "Tools" > "Send/Receive" > "Send/Receive Settings" > "Define Send/Receive Groups".
- In Outlook 2010 and 2013, please click the "Send/Receive Groups" > "Define Send/Receive Groups" on the "Send / Receive" tab. See the following screen shot:

Step 6: In the Send/Receive Groups dialog box, please click the "New" button.

Then a Send/Receive Group Name dialog box comes out, please enter a name for the new group in the box, and click the "OK" button.

Step 7: In the new popping up Send/Receive Settings dialog box:
- Select and highlight the "RSS" in the "Accounts" box in the left section;
- Keep checking the option of "Include RSS Feeds in this Send/Receive group";
- Go to the "Feeds" section, and only check the feed names’ boxes that you will change their update intervals;
- Click the "OK" button.

Step 8: Now you will go back to the Send/Receive Groups again:
- Select and highlight the name of new created Send/Receive group in the "Group Name" box;
- Check the option of "Schedule an automatic send/receive every x minutes", and specify the update interval in the box.
- It’s optional to check the option of "Schedule an automatic send/receive every x minutes" in the "When Outlook is Offline" part, and specify the update interval in the box.
- Click the "Close" button.

From now on, the specified RSS Feeds will be updated based on your specified intervals automatically.
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