Is there a way to filter the RSS feed?

MSN Partner Hub does not provide a date-based filter on the RSS/ATOM feed itself. Ingestion Services simply checks the feed on a cadence (about every 15 minutes) and ingests any items it sees as new or updated based on the unique ID and dates in the feed.

To avoid pulling in large amounts of outdated content when first connecting a feed, the feed must be controlled on the publisher side before it is given to MSN Partner Hub. Common approaches are:

1. Limit the feed to only recent items
   • Configure the source feed so it only exposes items newer than the desired cutoff date (for example, only the last N items or only items published after a certain date).
   • When Ingestion Services first reads the feed, only those recent items will be ingested.
2. Use unique IDs and update dates correctly
   • Ingestion logic is:
     1. If a unique ID has never been ingested, the item is created.
     2. If the same unique ID exists and the update date is newer than the publish date, the item is updated.
     3. Otherwise, the item is skipped.
   • This means any “old” items that are present in the feed for the first time will still be treated as new unless they are excluded from the feed by the publisher.
3. Remove or expire unwanted older items after ingestion (if needed)
   • If some older items do get ingested and need to be removed, send a takedown signal through the feed using the same unique ID, an updated/modified date newer than the last version, and an expiration date in the past. This will cause those items to be unpublished on the next ingestion cycle.

In summary, filtering by date must be implemented where the feed is generated. MSN Partner Hub’s ingestion cannot be configured to “start from today” independently of what the feed exposes.

References:

• Feed management FAQ for MSN Partner Hub
• MSN content expiration and takedown rules