I am trying to access http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_topstories.rsswhich is an external rss feed from within Sharepoint 2007 RSS Viewer. When I enter the URL in the RSS Feed URL I encounter the following error message: An unexpected error occured processing your request. Check the logs for details and correct the problem. I can access our RSS feed on our website from within Sharepoint but I cannot access any external other site feeds. We do use a proxy server for external internet addresses. I configured the proxy server in the central admin site, but I am still unable to get the RSS feed to work properly. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

After some research and looking around I found out that the reason why I couldnt access the RSS feed was because at our company we utilize a proxy server for external Internet sites So I had to configure the proxy server in the web config file of the site. There is a really good article on the web that details how to do this you can access this site through the following link: http://blogs.msdn.com/adamhems/archive/2006/06/13/629761.aspxBasically, you enter this code before the last configuration tag </configuration> in the web config file. <system.net> <defaultProxy> <proxy usesystemdefault = "false" proxyaddress="http://proxyservername" bypassonlocal="true" /> </defaultProxy> </system.net> Obviously, "proxyservername" is whatever the fully qualified name of the Proxy Server on the local network is. You can also append a port if required, e.g. http://proxyservername:1234.

Thanks for posting this Anthony, was a ton of help and the missing link to get my feeds working correctly. Thanks again!!

hi all i've tried this, the error still comming up again and again. i checked over the internet and they said we should change the authentication to Kerberos !! is that what i have to do, because they changes the proxy setting at the orginazation?

Hi All,I would like to fetch the BBC News feed & display in my intranet site.Do i need to get any approval from BBC News to display the news in my intranet ?Regards,Hari

> Iwould like to fetch the BBC News feed & display in my intranet site.> Do i need to get any approval from BBC News to display the news in my intranet ?This question has absolutely nothing to do with SharePoint, which is why I moved an earlier post of yours asking about this BBC RSS feed to the Off-topic forum.Please do not repeat it in the SharePoint forums. (Ask the BBC perhaps)WSS FAQ sites: http://wssv2faq.mindsharp.com and http://wssv3faq.mindsharp.com Total list of WSS 3.0 / MOSS 2007 Books (including foreign language) http://wssv3faq.mindsharp.com/Lists/v3%20WSS%20FAQ/V%20Books.aspx

I am running into an issue with RSS feed and Alternate Access Mapping. I can see RSS feed when I bypass the AMM URL but if I use the AMM URL to access the sitethe RSS feed is not visible and I get this error: " An unexpected error occured processing your request. Check the logs for details and correct the problem."

what will be the proxy here? I am using trial version. I have installed VHD which has Server'03 and WSS 3.0 and MOSS2007 already installed. And the domain name is litwaredemo.

I have found your answer very useful for an scenario where access to www is possible from WFE. But, what if WFE dont have access to internet. Lets suppose that applications server can. Topology: (1 - n) WFE (2) APP servers etc Any suggestion? Regards,