cause a JS Error that msg_area.sub[sub] had no properties.  This bug results
from no documentation on rss.ini :)

Also (and this seems to be common in RSS Readers) replaced \r\n with <br />
because most RSS Aggregators use HTML and the \r\n was being ignored
making an aweful mess of the feed.  With the <br /> the page displays well.

Is there a better fix?

Log error to the log as well as sending to remote.

values.

Allow setting of maxmessages in ini file (Global default, and per-channel)

& (This is xml which is stupid remember)  :-)

Limit item descriptions to 500 chars.
Use Deuce's web template for news article display.