On 2018-09-06 18:03:19 +0200, Thomas Jollans wrote:
> I love that the reposted messages come with a header
>
> Path: uni-berlin.de!<...>!.POSTED.agency.bbs.nz!not-for-mail
>^
This is normal for Usenet Messages. The format of the path hea
On 2018-09-06 15:50, Michael Torrie wrote:
> On 09/05/2018 02:30 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
>> I don't think this was spamming the list with the same question; a
>> glitch somewhere in a netnews server appears to be re-posting some old
>> posts.
>
> I wonder why this bbs gateway in New Zealand keep
On 09/05/2018 02:30 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
> I don't think this was spamming the list with the same question; a
> glitch somewhere in a netnews server appears to be re-posting some old
> posts.
I wonder why this bbs gateway in New Zealand keeps doing this. Seems
like someone contacts the postm
On 05/24/2018 08:20 AM, Grant Edwards wrote:
> But you had to jump through hoops with procmail and server/client side
> filtering to get there.
True, but it takes maybe 30 seconds for each new list I sign up for, and
then it's out of sight, out of mind. I already do a ton of filtering on
my inbox
On 05/24/2018 07:01 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Thu, 24 May 2018 05:44:26 -0600, Michael Torrie wrote:
>
>> I agree web forums really suck for any kind of multi-user conversation.
>
> Oh good. Because the Python core-devs are talking about moving to
> Github's web interface instead of email.
On 05/24/2018 07:10 AM, Chris Green wrote:
> A *thread* yes, but not a whole list. I.e. if you read this using
> mail/IMAP you can mark a thread read but you can't mark *all* Python
> list messages read in one go can you? With tin/Usenet I look at
> the list of new subjects in the Python group
José María Mateos wrote:
> On Thu, May 24, 2018, at 09:10, Chris Green wrote:
> > > Yes I can mark an entire thread as "read" in IMAP.
> > >
> > A *thread* yes, but not a whole list. I.e. if you read this using
> > mail/IMAP you can mark a thread read but you can't mark *all* Python
> > list mes
On Thu, May 24, 2018, at 09:10, Chris Green wrote:
> > Yes I can mark an entire thread as "read" in IMAP.
> >
> A *thread* yes, but not a whole list. I.e. if you read this using
> mail/IMAP you can mark a thread read but you can't mark *all* Python
> list messages read in one go can you? With t
On 2018-05-24, Michael Torrie wrote:
> On 05/23/2018 12:03 PM, Grant Edwards wrote:
>> But IMO email pales in comparison to NNTP when there are more than a
>> few messages per day per group.
>
> This is not my experience at all. I used to use Usenet back in the day,
> but for nearly the last two
Michael Torrie wrote:
> Comparing to IMAP and Thunderbird:
>
> On 05/23/2018 04:39 PM, Chris Green wrote:
> > Well from other comments here it seems I'm not alone but anyway:-
> >
> > Proper threading etc. is built in
>
> check.
>
> >
> > It's automatically archived and one can search
On Thu, 24 May 2018 05:44:26 -0600, Michael Torrie wrote:
> I agree web forums really suck for any kind of multi-user conversation.
Oh good. Because the Python core-devs are talking about moving to
Github's web interface instead of email. Because Github is the future :-)
https://circleci.com/bl
Comparing to IMAP and Thunderbird:
On 05/23/2018 04:39 PM, Chris Green wrote:
> Well from other comments here it seems I'm not alone but anyway:-
>
> Proper threading etc. is built in
check.
>
> It's automatically archived and one can search back through
> threads for old postings,
On 05/23/2018 12:03 PM, Grant Edwards wrote:
> Yes. NNTP and NNTP clients were designed from the ground up to deal
> with ongoing discussions shared by large groups of people posting lots
> of messages, and they're _very_ good at.
>
> Email was designed for one person sending one message to anoth
Ned Batchelder wrote:
On 5/23/18 12:03 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
Brain damaged by facebook, AOL, M$, Google, yahoo yadda yadda into
thinking that webmail and forums are the only game in town?
Please avoid accusing others of being brain damaged, even if it was
meant in a humorous context. :(
I
On Wednesday 23 May 2018 19:24:52 Alan Bawden wrote:
> Gene Heskett writes:
> > You are stating an opinion, but no facts to back it up, so describe
> > your environment that makes you write that, please.
>
> If he describes his environment and why he likes it, will that be a
> "fact"? Or will yo
Gene Heskett writes:
> You are stating an opinion, but no facts to back it up, so describe your
> environment that makes you write that, please.
If he describes his environment and why he likes it, will that be a
"fact"? Or will you dismiss that as just another "opinion"?
You asked:
> can so
Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Wednesday 23 May 2018 12:45:57 Chris Green wrote:
>
> > Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer wrote:
> > > can someone explain to me why the mailing list (spam free) is not
> > > used by everybody?
> >
> > Because the Usenet/NNTP interface (with a good newsreader) is so much
> > bett
On Wednesday 23 May 2018 12:45:57 Chris Green wrote:
> Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer wrote:
> > can someone explain to me why the mailing list (spam free) is not
> > used by everybody?
>
> Because the Usenet/NNTP interface (with a good newsreader) is so much
> better! :-)
>
> --
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> ·
You
On 2018-05-23, Chris Green wrote:
> Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer wrote:
>> can someone explain to me why the mailing list (spam free) is not used by
>> everybody?
>
> Because the Usenet/NNTP interface (with a good newsreader) is so much
> better! :-)
Yes. NNTP and NNTP clients were designed from th
On 2018-05-23, Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer wrote:
> can someone explain to me why the mailing list (spam free) is not used by
> everybody?
1) I perfer the user-interface offered by my NNTP client (slrn).
2) I don't want to archive many years worth of dozens of mailing
lists (I let gmane do t
On 5/23/18 12:03 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
On Wednesday 23 May 2018 11:20:34 Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer wrote:
can someone explain to me why the mailing list (spam free) is not used
by everybody?
Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer
https://github.com/Abdur-rahmaanJ
Brain damaged by facebook, AOL, M$, Google
Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer wrote:
> can someone explain to me why the mailing list (spam free) is not used by
> everybody?
>
Because the Usenet/NNTP interface (with a good newsreader) is so much
better! :-)
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On Wednesday 23 May 2018 11:20:34 Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer wrote:
> can someone explain to me why the mailing list (spam free) is not used
> by everybody?
>
> Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer
> https://github.com/Abdur-rahmaanJ
Brain damaged by facebook, AOL, M$, Google, yahoo yadda yadda into
thinking
can someone explain to me why the mailing list (spam free) is not used by
everybody?
Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer
https://github.com/Abdur-rahmaanJ
>
>
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On 2018-05-23 10:00:56 -0400, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
> On Wed, 23 May 2018 08:01:35 +0200, dieter declaimed
> the following:
>
> >Maybe something went wrong with the integration of your NTTP server
> >with the Gmane one?
>
> GMANE doesn't (to my knowledge) peer to NNTP servers. It provid
In a message of Sun, 06 Dec 2015 15:51:54 -0500, Random832 writes:
>Something weird is going on. On google groups, this message has
>a different Message-ID:
>
I think it is this problem. Start here.
https://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-developers/2015-November/025225.html
Laura
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, particularly since my Email provider's
search functionality is better.)
This means the Usenet gateway (i.e. the "real" one, that goes to
comp.lang.python) is rewriting the Message-Id. I've had the
same problem in the other direction (Reference headers for the
"mailman&q
Steven D'Aprano writes:
> The last couple of messages on this list show
> up fine on the mailman archives, but are empty posts on
> comp.lang.python. Is there a problem with the mail -> usenet gateway?
I don't see empty messages through Usenet.
However, at around the tim
On 20 Jun 2011 23:49:11 GMT, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
[snip]
> I will treat this as a bug in Pan, and take it to the appropriate forums,
> but for anyone who cares, here's one example:
>
> From: Steven D'Aprano
> Subject: Re: What is this syntax ?
> Newsgroups: comp.lang.python
> References:
On Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:49:33 +, Peter Pearson wrote:
> On 20 Jun 2011 01:41:44 GMT, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>> The last couple of messages on this list show
>> up fine on the mailman archives, but are empty posts on
>> comp.lang.python. Is there a problem with
On 06/19/2011 08:41 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
The last couple of messages on this list show up
fine on the mailman archives, but are empty posts on comp.lang.python. Is
there a problem with the mail -> usenet gateway?
I haven't noticed any issues. I tend to send via email
On 20 Jun 2011 01:41:44 GMT, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> The last couple of messages on this list show up
> fine on the mailman archives, but are empty posts on comp.lang.python. Is
> there a problem with the mail -> usenet gateway?
I don't see any empty posts on comp.lan
The last couple of messages on this list show up
fine on the mailman archives, but are empty posts on comp.lang.python. Is
there a problem with the mail -> usenet gateway?
Who controls that?
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