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As Bloglines is becoming less and less reliable due to database problems, it is time to think about a fallback solution. I purchased FeedDemon a while ago but stopped using it when I switched to Bloglines. Now I found this in the FeedDemon help:

FeedDemon enables you to create a special Bloglines Channel Group which is synchronized with your Bloglines subscriptions. Unlike "normal" channels, Bloglines Channels contain only the items you haven't already read through Bloglines. Likewise, items you read in FeedDemon won't appear as new in Bloglines. This enables you to read your subscriptions in either FeedDemon or Bloglines without duplication of items you've already read.

Feed- and item-based synchronization! Time to dig out that old license, to update and to move the installation to my (LAN-only) VNC-controlled machine. If Bloglines fails and the sync feature really works, I could switch to FeedDemon, read stuff through the local copy of my OPML file and sync read items back with Bloglines once it becomes available again. Nifty.