Usenet vs. Mailing-list

[Igor Berger]

On Saturday, January 28, 2023 at 10:02:57 PM UTC-5, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
> Jon Ribbens <jon+u... at unequivocal.eu> writes: 
> 
> > On 2023-01-29, Ben Bacarisse <ben.u... at bsb.me.uk> wrote: 
> >> "Peter J. Holzer" <hjp-p... at hjp.at> writes: 
> >> 
> >>> On 2023-01-27 21:04:58 +0000, Ben Bacarisse wrote: 
> >>>> Mut... at 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.