RE: RSS...Authentication...and why?
In EPorter's post , he mentions the issue of RSS authentication, to get to personal information. Why shouldn't we be able to secure content via server tools (although I do think this should be extended into the RSS / XXXX specs)?
What about creating an email client that recreated your email as an rss feed? You could create a "rule" / "filter" on the subject line and/or your bank's email address. Then you'd just need to secure the rss feed on the server side so only you could get it. IP restriction for receiving the feed? Would it be really bad to use some sort of password encoded url (ie. http://logon:pass@mysite.com/BankTransfers.aspx) for the RSS feed?