Hacking Gmail

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206 Part III — Conquering Gmail


FIGURE15-3: A screenshot of rssfwd.com

Using Gmail to Find Torrent Files


The technique used above, to filter RSS feeds into labels, can also be used to
search for torrent files from your favorite Bittorrent tracker site. These sites invari-
ably have RSS feeds of their latest offerings, but the feeds are far too fast moving,
and far too full of rubbish, to be worth reading manually. Instead, forward them to
Gmail in the same manner you would forward your RSS feeds, and use Gmail’s
search capability to find the ones you want. If you’re looking for a torrent for a
particular show but don’t want to have to keep going back to Gmail to check, have
a filter forward it to another e-mail address, as in Figure 15-4.
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