Overview
Feedbin is a feed fetcher used for RSS or Atom feed polling, syndication refresh, subscription delivery, and content update checks.
Its primary user-agent pattern is Feedbin; related patterns include Feedbin feed-id:311 - 1 subscribers; a representative HTTP user-agent is Feedbin 3 Feedbin feed-id:311 - 1 subscribers.
Feedbin is Unverified at the identity-evidence level. The listed identity remains useful for detection, but this record does not currently contain authoritative evidence sufficient to authenticate the identity claim.
Robots.txt behavior is not currently confirmed.
Feedbin can usually be allowed after confirming the source and monitoring request volume.
Identity
- User-Agent Pattern
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Feedbin - Aliases
- Feedbin feed-id:311 - 1 subscribers
- HTTP Agent Examples
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Feedbin 3 Feedbin feed-id:311 - 1 subscribers - Robots Token
- Feedbin
- Identity Type
- Observed
- Evidence Method
- Treat `Feedbin` as an identity signal only. Confirm it with current operator documentation, cryptographic verification, forward-confirmed reverse DNS, source-network ownership, or other authoritative evidence before trusting the claimed identity.
Classification
- Type
- Feed
- Kind
- Fetcher
- Family
- Feedbin
- Purpose
- Feed fetch
Behavior and handling
- Common Use
- Feedbin is used for RSS or Atom feed polling, syndication refresh, subscription delivery, and content update checks.
- Detection Notes
- Feedbin traffic is primarily detected by the `Feedbin` user-agent pattern; related patterns include `Feedbin feed-id:311 - 1 subscribers`; a representative HTTP user-agent is `Feedbin 3 Feedbin feed-id:311 - 1 subscribers`. Compare source IPs, reverse DNS, request paths, and crawl cadence before trusting the traffic.
- Respects robots.txt
- Unknown
- Spoofing Risk
- Feedbin has medium spoofing risk because user-agent strings can be copied; pair the match with DNS, IP, behavior, or operator evidence.
- Risk
- Safe
- Recommended Handling
- Depends
Rules and controls
- Robots.txt Snippet
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# robots.txt behavior is unconfirmed. Do not rely on this rule without verification.
Relationships
- Operator
- Feedbin Checked 2026-08-07
Relationships without an Evidence link are normalized from the canonical directory record. They should not be interpreted as independent proof of physical presence or request origin.