# Service that tells me my favorite sites have been updated?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/service-that-tells-me-my-favorite-sites-have-been-updated/128809>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 20, 2002, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/service-that-tells-me-my-favorite-sites-have-been-updated/128809 "2002-09-20T14:54:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![JimCarrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5fc32e/32.png) [@JimCarrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimCarrey)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/service-that-tells-me-my-favorite-sites-have-been-updated/128809/1 "2002-09-20T14:54:57Z")

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I hate having to check every couple of days to see if the websites I like have been updated. Isn’t there a site that you can sign into that will do this for me? I thought there was one. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/service-that-tells-me-my-favorite-sites-have-been-updated/128809/2 "2002-09-20T20:30:15Z")

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There used to be a service called “MindIt” (then My-MindIt) from NetMind (now Pumatech, I guess) but the whole service is now gone. If you go to [http://mindit.netmind.com](http://mindit.netmind.com), which is the link to the main MindIt site still found on many Web sites with un-working MindIt boxes, you’ll see the service is gone.

I’ve never heard about another service that replaced it. NetMind was always the one I ran into most often.

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/service-that-tells-me-my-favorite-sites-have-been-updated/128809/3 "2002-09-20T21:06:32Z")

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MSIE can do this. For version 5.5, read the help entries for “browsing the web offline”. After you’ve set this up and the page changes, it puts a little red mark on “favorites” entry for the page.

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2002, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/service-that-tells-me-my-favorite-sites-have-been-updated/128809/4 "2002-09-20T21:27:26Z")

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You can also select the properties for the “favorites” entry, and on the “download” tab, you can email yourself if the page has changed (I’ve never tried this, however).