On Saturday, January 28, 2023 at 10:02:57 PM UTC-5, Ben Bacarisse wrote: > Jon Ribbens <jon+u...@unequivocal.eu> writes: > > > On 2023-01-29, Ben Bacarisse <ben.u...@bsb.me.uk> wrote: > >> "Peter J. Holzer" <hjp-p...@hjp.at> writes: > >> > >>> On 2023-01-27 21:04:58 +0000, Ben Bacarisse wrote: > >>>> mut...@dastardlyhq.com writes: > >>>> > >>>> > Hi > >>>> > >>>> It looks like you posted this question via Usenet. comp.lang.python is > >>>> essentially dead as a Usenet group. It exists, and gets NNTP versions > >>>> of mail sent to the mailing list, but nothing posted to the group via > >>>> NNTP get send on the mailing list. > >>> > >>> This is wrong. I did get Muttley's any your postings via the > >>> mailing-list. > >> > >> Ah, OK. I thought that was the case but I am obviously wrong. Has > >> there been a change, or have I been wrong for a long time!? > > > > I'm not aware of any significant period in the last twenty-one years > > that it hasn't been working. Although sometimes it does feel like it > > isn't, in that I reply to a post with an answer and then several > > other people reply significantly later with the same answer, as if > > my one had never existed... but whenever I check into it, my message > > has actually always made it to the list. > I have had the same experience and, as a result, I rarely post. Maybe > what I have to say is simply not interesting! > > -- > Ben.
If I remember correctly, multiple regulars that use the mailing list mentioned that they "killfiled" posts originating from Google groups. This may contribute to such situations. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
