[ms office - 2013] RSS .gov problem

[robjduk]

Hello all,

My current "should be easy but it being a pain" problem is as follows if anyone can help...

 

Head calls me and says he has an RSS feed he would like to use. Its been a while since I have used RSS but after a couple of moments I remind myself how to add this in Outlook and works fine. I assure him everything is easy, goto his office and am met with an issue where it "has a problem connecting to the server" even though you can browse to it.

Checked the filter logs and nothing is blocking or redirecting that I can see and wonder if it is because of the https element. I have disabled AV, granted full internet access and other ones I have tried such as ITN and CNN all seem fine.

I know RSS is dying out but this is really bugging me.

 

Can anyone help me figure this one out at all please?

 

RSS Feed: https://www.gov.uk/government/announcements.atom?departments%5B%5D=ofsted

 

Thanks

[Steve21]

You tried the normal fixes for authentication?

 

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/917125

 

Steve

[robjduk]

I have indeed changed those settings but still the issue is there. I just found a few articles about outlook 2013 not handling https very well. Im using 2016 in the office so guess its fixed in that one. curses.

[Steve21]

I have indeed changed those settings but still the issue is there. I just found a few articles about outlook 2013 not handling https very well. Im using 2016 in the office so guess its fixed in that one. curses.

 

Once you changed the settings, you did register the RSS "in" IE? So it syncs across? Rather than trying to re-add in Outlook?

 

Steve

[robjduk]

Using IE11 here and although the feeds section is still there, I can not see any add feed section anymore. Checking MS sites, they list how to do this upto IE8 so assume the feature has vanished. When on the site I want to add, no pop up appears asking if you want to add to IE and just provides a link...

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/announcements?departments%5B%5D=ofsted

[Steve21]

On the page at the top there's a subscribe link that then adds it to your list (like a favourite)

 

Announcements on GOV.UK

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Steve