Certain Feeds won't work in RSSOwl!, Why & How To Fix This?

[JLChamberlain]

Firstly I know that there isn't a team behind RSSOwl that creates updates for the software since its been in version 2.2.1 since 2013. In my opinion RSSOwl is the only proper RSS Reader out at the moment that looks good and works smoothly, but I can't get all feeds to work with the software although I can get them to work in inferior RSS readers. Why is this and how can I get the software to allow the feeds to work?

Some of the feeds that I have found that don't work in RSSOwl are:

• https://www.sallysubs.com/feed/
• https://chihiro-subs.com/feed/
• https://www.shanaproject.com/feeds/subber/CBM/
• https://nyaa.pantsu.cat/feed?c=_&s=&sort=torrent_id&order=desc&max=50&q=kametsu

[war59312]

It's an SSL issue: https://sourceforge.net/p/rssowl/discussion/296910/thread/5df8a310/?limit=25#ac63

Workaround: http://albirew.fr/bordel/coto_rss.php

See #12

[JLChamberlain]

The SSL issue page you linked has a link to a Bug Fix. I was wondering do you know how to install that bug fix to the software?

[genodeftest]

Which version of Java are you using? The "Bug Fix" link in #12 (thanks to @war59312) sounds like the solution is to update your Java version to Java 8. You should do that anyway, since Java 7 is out of support for a while.

[JLChamberlain]

So the Bug Fix isn't for RSSOwl?, it's for the system?

[genodeftest]

So the Bug Fix isn't for RSSOwl?, it's for the system?

Just a guess, but from the "Bug Fix" link it looks like that.

[JLChamberlain]

So its for the operating system?, if thats the case then Java isnt the way to resolve this SSL Feed issue since i have another RSS reader that can use SSL RSS Feeds.

[genodeftest]

Ok, first, it is highly discouraged to run unsupported Java versions. If you are still running Java 7, you are putting yourself at risk.
Second, no, this is no fix for the operating system, but for the Java runtime.

if thats the case then Java isnt the way to resolve this SSL Feed issue since i have another RSS reader that can use SSL RSS Feeds.

The other RSS reader probably is not using Java, but some other programming language and thus does not suffer from bugs in Java 7.

[JLChamberlain]

So how do I fix the Java problem with RSSOwl?

[genodeftest]

So how do I fix the Java problem with RSSOwl?

Update your local Java installation.

[genodeftest]

It seems like this issue is caused by old Java versions. Please update your Java version. If that does not fix the issue for you, please report back.

[JLChamberlain]

Just updated my Java to latest version. I restarted my laptop and then added one of the feeds that wasn't working in RSSOwl and the feed is still not responding in RSSOwl!, It says in Status "The last attemp to load this feed failed. Reason: Recieved fatal alert: handshake_failure". Yet if i put the feed in another Reader like Feedly or QuiteRSS the feeds works perfectly.

[genodeftest]

Can you please give me the URL of this feed?