On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 6:30 AM, Matthew Lefavor <mclefa...@gmail.com> wrote: > All: > > I've been having trouble with all three Python mailing lists (python-list, > python-dev, python-ideas). This has been going on for about a month. > Whenever I post, it takes hours for my messages to be posted on the list. I > first thought it was an issue with my work email server, but moving to gmail > has had no effect. > > Is there some obscure setting I am missing? Has anybody else had this > problem?
This just came through, timestamped 11.5 hours ago. I don't usually have this problem. Looking at your Received headers, in reverse order: Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 16:30:51 -0400 - timestamp of your mail Thu, 18 Jul 2013 13:30:51 -0700 (PDT) - you posted it via HTTP Thu, 18 Jul 2013 22:31:39 +0200 (CEST) - it reached python.org Fri, 19 Jul 2013 09:56:14 +0200 (CEST) - it began delivery to my address Fri, 19 Jul 2013 00:56:15 -0700 (PDT) - it reached gmail and me. So the big delay is somewhere within python.org. Since this does NOT happen to everyone, I would be looking for something like: * Moderation requirements (does your message not comply with spec?) * Spam greylisting * Slow/glitchy DNS when attempting to verify your message Most likely I think is moderation, given the extreme length of time. Something would have to be pretty glitchy to lag your mail out for half a day in spam filtering. It's possible, I guess, though. I've no idea what anti-spam features the list is using. ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
