private String parseFeed(JDFeedMeFeed feed, String timestamp, String content) throws Exception {
    String new_timestamp = timestamp;
    boolean found_new_posts = false;

    // parse the rss xml
    RssParser feed_parser = new RssParser(feed);
    feed_parser.parseContent(content);
    int feed_item_number = 0;
    JDFeedMePost post = null;
    while ((post = feed_parser.getPost()) != null) {
      feed_item_number++;

      // get the original description
      String post_description = post.getDescription();

      // originally we removed the description from the posts since posts are saved in xml and this
      // could become large
      // new feature: let's do save the description, but make it somewhat shorter (extract links
      // from it)
      post.setDescription(
          extractLinksFromHtml(
              post_description, JDFeedMeFeed.HOSTER_ANY_HOSTER, JDFeedMeFeed.HOSTER_EXCLUDE));

      // handle the rss item
      if (post.isValid()) {
        boolean is_new = handlePost(feed, post, post_description, timestamp);
        if (is_new) found_new_posts = true;
        if (post.isTimestampNewer(new_timestamp)) new_timestamp = post.getTimestamp();
      } else {
        logger.severe(
            "JDFeedMe rss item "
                + Integer.toString(feed_item_number)
                + " is invalid for feed: "
                + feed.getAddress());
      }
    }

    // if found new posts, update the feed
    if (found_new_posts) gui.setFeedNewposts(feed, true);

    return new_timestamp;
  }