diff --git a/htroot/xml/feed.java b/htroot/xml/feed.java
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..fb00ae2c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/htroot/xml/feed.java
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+// feed.java
+// (C) 2008 by Michael Peter Christen; mc@yacy.net, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
+// first published 25.04.2008 on http://yacy.net
+// 
+// This is a part of YaCy, a peer-to-peer based web search engine
+//
+// $LastChangedDate: 2006-04-02 22:40:07 +0200 (So, 02 Apr 2006) $
+// $LastChangedRevision: 1986 $
+// $LastChangedBy: orbiter $
+//
+// LICENSE
+//
+// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+// Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+
+package xml;
+
+import de.anomic.http.httpHeader;
+import de.anomic.server.serverObjects;
+import de.anomic.server.serverSwitch;
+import de.anomic.xml.RSSFeed;
+import de.anomic.xml.RSSMessage;
+
+public class feed {
+ 
+ public static serverObjects respond(httpHeader header, serverObjects post, serverSwitch<?> env) {
+     //plasmaSwitchboard sb = (plasmaSwitchboard) env;
+     
+     // insert default values
+     serverObjects prop = new serverObjects();
+     prop.put("channel_title", "");
+     prop.put("channel_description", "");
+     prop.put("channel_pubDate", "");
+     prop.put("item", "0");
+     
+     if ((post == null) || (env == null)) return prop;
+     //boolean authorized = sb.adminAuthenticated(header) >= 2;
+     
+     String channelName = post.get("channel");
+     if (channelName == null) return prop;
+     
+     RSSFeed feed = RSSFeed.channels(channelName);
+     if ((feed == null) || (feed.size() == 0)) return prop;
+     int count = post.getInt("count", 10);
+     
+     RSSMessage message = feed.getChannel();
+     if (message != null) {
+         prop.put("channel_title", message.getTitle());
+         prop.put("channel_description", message.getDescription());
+         prop.put("channel_pubDate", message.getPubDate());
+     }
+     int c = 0;
+     while ((count > 0) && (feed.size() > 0)) {
+         message = feed.pollMessage();
+         if (message == null) continue;
+         
+         // create RSS entry
+         prop.putHTML("item_" + c + "_title", message.getTitle());
+         prop.putHTML("item_" + c + "_description", message.getDescription());
+         prop.putHTML("item_" + c + "_link", message.getLink());
+         prop.put("item_" + c + "_pubDate", message.getPubDate());
+         prop.put("item_" + c + "_guid", message.getGuid());
+         c++;
+         count--;
+     }
+     prop.put("item", c);
+
+     // return rewrite properties
+     return prop;
+ }
+ 
+}
diff --git a/htroot/xml/feed.rss b/htroot/xml/feed.rss
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..240028d12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/htroot/xml/feed.rss
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<rss>
+
+<!-- rss standard channel -->
+<channel>
+<title>#[channel_title]#</title>
+<description>#[channel_description]#</description>
+<pubDate>#[channel_pubDate]#</pubDate>
+
+<!-- messages -->
+#{item}#
+<item>
+<title>#[title]#</title>
+<link>#[link]#</link>
+<description>#[description]#</description>
+<pubDate>#[pubDate]#</pubDate>
+<guid isPermaLink="false">#[guid]#</guid>
+</item>
+#{/item}#
+</channel>
+</rss>
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaCondenser.java b/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaCondenser.java
index 9c9a86b79..b1c71981b 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaCondenser.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaCondenser.java
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ public final class plasmaCondenser {
 
     }
     
-    private static StringBuffer trim(StringBuffer sb) {
+    static StringBuffer trim(StringBuffer sb) {
         while ((sb.length() > 0) && (sb.charAt(0) <= ' ')) sb = sb.deleteCharAt(0);
         while ((sb.length() > 0) && (sb.charAt(sb.length() - 1) <= ' ')) sb = sb.deleteCharAt(sb.length() - 1);
         return sb;
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/xml/RSSFeed.java b/source/de/anomic/xml/RSSFeed.java
index 4b6fa90d2..a2728a350 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/xml/RSSFeed.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/xml/RSSFeed.java
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ public class RSSFeed implements Iterable<RSSMessage> {
     // class variables
     private RSSMessage channel;
     private String imageURL;
-    private ConcurrentLinkedQueue<String> messageQueue; // a list of GUIDs, so the items can be retrieved by a specific order
-    private ConcurrentHashMap<String, RSSMessage> messages; // a guid:Item map
+    ConcurrentLinkedQueue<String> messageQueue; // a list of GUIDs, so the items can be retrieved by a specific order
+    ConcurrentHashMap<String, RSSMessage> messages; // a guid:Item map
     private int maxsize;
     
     public RSSFeed() {
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ public class RSSFeed implements Iterable<RSSMessage> {
         RSSFeed feed = channels.get(channelName);
         if (feed != null) return feed;
         feed = new RSSFeed();
+        feed.setChannel(new RSSMessage(channelName, ""));
         channels.put(channelName, feed);
         return feed;
     }
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/xml/RSSMessage.java b/source/de/anomic/xml/RSSMessage.java
index c86b58517..2a9e0e4bc 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/xml/RSSMessage.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/xml/RSSMessage.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 package de.anomic.xml;
 
+import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 
@@ -58,6 +59,14 @@ public class RSSMessage {
     
     private HashMap<String, String> map;
 
+    public RSSMessage(String title, String description) {
+        this();
+        setValue("title", title);
+        setValue("description", description);
+        setValue("pubDate", new Date().toString());
+        setValue("guid", Integer.toHexString((title + description).hashCode()));
+    }
+    
     public RSSMessage() {
         this.map = new HashMap<String, String>();
         this.map.put("guid", Long.toHexString(System.currentTimeMillis()) + ":" + guidcount++);
@@ -68,50 +77,62 @@ public class RSSMessage {
     }
     
     public String getAuthor() {
-        return (String) map.get("author");
+        String s =  map.get("author");
+        if (s == null) return ""; else return s;
     }
     
     public String getCopyright() {
-        return (String) map.get("copyright");
+        String s =  map.get("copyright");
+        if (s == null) return ""; else return s;
     }
     
     public String getCategory() {
-        return (String) map.get("category");
+        String s = map.get("category");
+        if (s == null) return ""; else return s;
     }
     
     public String getTitle() {
-        return (String) map.get("title");
+        String s = map.get("title");
+        if (s == null) return ""; else return s;
     }
     
     public String getLink() {
-        return (String) map.get("link");
+        String s =  map.get("link");
+        if (s == null) return ""; else return s;
     }
     
     public String getReferrer() {
-        return (String) map.get("referrer");
+        String s = map.get("referrer");
+        if (s == null) return ""; else return s;
     }
     
     public String getLanguage() {
-        return (String) map.get("language");
+        String s =  map.get("language");
+        if (s == null) return ""; else return s;
     }
     
     public String getDescription() {
-        return (String) map.get("description");
+        String s =  map.get("description");
+        if (s == null) return ""; else return s;
     }
     
     public String getCreator() {
-        return (String) map.get("creator");
+        String s =  map.get("creator");
+        if (s == null) return ""; else return s;
     }
     
     public String getPubDate() {
-        return (String) map.get("pubDate");
+        String s =  map.get("pubDate");
+        if (s == null) return ""; else return s;
     }
     
     public String getGuid() {
-        return (String) map.get("guid");
+        String s =  map.get("guid");
+        if (s == null) return ""; else return s;
     }
     
     public String getDocs() {
-        return (String) map.get("docs");
+        String s =  map.get("docs");
+        if (s == null) return ""; else return s;
     }
 }
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyNewsAction.java b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyNewsAction.java
index 0272ce382..c8db8a504 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyNewsAction.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyNewsAction.java
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 
 import de.anomic.server.serverCodings;
 import de.anomic.server.logging.serverLog;
+import de.anomic.xml.RSSFeed;
+import de.anomic.xml.RSSMessage;
 
 public class yacyNewsAction implements yacyPeerAction {
 
@@ -64,6 +66,7 @@ public class yacyNewsAction implements yacyPeerAction {
         String decodedString = de.anomic.tools.crypt.simpleDecode(recordString, "");
         yacyNewsRecord record = yacyNewsRecord.newRecord(decodedString);
         if (record != null) {
+            RSSFeed.channels("PEERNEWS").addMessage(new RSSMessage("Peer Arrival", peer.getName() + " has joined the network"));
             //System.out.println("### news arrival from peer " + peer.getName() + ", decoded=" + decodedString + ", record=" + recordString + ", news=" + record.toString());
             String cre1 = (String) serverCodings.string2map(decodedString, ",").get("cre");
             String cre2 = (String) serverCodings.string2map(record.toString(), ",").get("cre");
@@ -80,6 +83,7 @@ public class yacyNewsAction implements yacyPeerAction {
     }
 
     public void processPeerDeparture(yacySeed peer) {
+        RSSFeed.channels("PEERNEWS").addMessage(new RSSMessage("Peer Departure", peer.getName() + " has left the network"));
     }
 
     public void processPeerPing(yacySeed peer) {