Some posts do not show up in Google Groups

[Benjamin Kaplan]

On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 2:20 AM, Frank Millman <frank at chagford.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
> For a while now I have been using Google Groups to read this group, but on
> the odd occasion when I want to post a message, I use Outlook Express, as I
> know that some people reject all messages from Google Groups due to the high
> spam ratio (which seems to have improved recently, BTW).
>
> >From time to time I see a thread where the original post is missing, but
> the follow-ups do appear. My own posts have shown up with no problem.
>
> Now, in the last month, I have posted two messages using Outlook Express,
> and neither of them have shown up in Google Groups. I can see replies in OE,
> so they are being accepted. I send to the group gmane.comp.python.general.
>
> Does anyone know a reason for this, or have a solution?
>
> Frank Millman

I believe the mail-to-news gateway has trouble with HTML messages. Try
sending everything as plain text and see if that works.