IPhone /alert/ from Craigslist RSS feed?

Would anyone mind helping me with RSS feeds from Craigslist to my iPhone? I ported to mac awhile ago and this is just killing me that I can't get this to work.
I am using Snow Leopard, Postbox (a Mail equivalent) and I have IOS 5 on my iPhone and I am using Growl/Prowl.
I have been able to get RSS feeds from Craigslist into Postbox and i see them in here as RSS Feeds. However I would really like to get an /alert/ to my iphone.
I have lately been getting ALERTS on my MacBookPro and my MacPro for system processes and I am assuming this is from Growl. I am also getting ALERTS to my iPhone 4 which I am assuming is from how I have my iOS 5 Settings set.
Is there a way to get my RSS FEED ALERTS to the iPhone or to the MacPro or MBP in the same manner as the alerts above?
Thanks in advance for any help!

forgot to mention that the emails/rss from craigslist come from "[email protected]". not sure if that will help solve this but wanted to mention this.
THANKS

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