FeedBlitz turns blog (and other) feeds into emails which are sent to subscribers. It is a simple and effective way to monitor what is happening in a blog. I use Feedblitz myself to subscribe to blogs.
As you can see in this sample preview I chose to send only a portion of each post. I wanted to notify readers of new content but not clog up email with long posts and images. Furthermore, the emails don't include the post labels which are an important part of the blog listings.
You can find the subscription form in the sidebar.