Testing (sorry)

[Thomas Passin]

On 2/18/2024 6:09 PM, Grant Edwards via Python-list wrote:
> On 2024-02-18, Peter J. Holzer via Python-list <python-list at python.org> wrote:
>> [Replying to the list *and* Grant]
>>
>> On 2024-02-17 19:38:04 -0500, Grant Edwards via Python-list wrote:
>>> Today I noticed that nothing I've posted to python-list in past 3
>>> weeks has shown up on the list.
>>
>> January 29th, AFAICS. And end of december before that.
>>
>>> I don't know how to troubleshoot this other than sending test
>>> messages.  Obviously, if this shows up on the list, then I've gotten
>>> it to work...
>>
>> This did show up and 3 other test messages with very similar text
>> as well.
>>
>> Also there was a whole flurry of almost but not quite identical messages
>> from you in the "nan" thread.
> 
> Sorry about that.
> 
> All of those were posted at various times throughout the day yesterday
> using two different accounts, two different mail servers, and three
> different methods for submitting the e-mails.  I finally gave up and
> switched to using comp.lang.python via Usenet.
> 
> Then, about 24 hours later, all those messages finally showed up.
> 
> At one point about half way through that process yesterday, I
> unsusbscribed and then re-subscribed both e-mail addresses.  I got
> confirmation and welcome messages on both accounts.  Sending "help"
> requests to the list server produced the expected results. I enabled
> the sending of confirmation messages from the list server.
> 
> But posts to the list still seemed to vanish into the ether while
> emails from both accounts reached other destinations without delay,
> 
> During this process a number of posts from other users did appear in
> the list archive and at at _one_ of the two e-mail addresses which I
> had subscribed.
> 
> But no sign of any of my posts.
> 
> About 24 hours later, all of my posts (and the confirmation e-mails)
> all showed up in a burst at the same time on two different unrelated
> e-mail accounts.
> 
> I still have no clue what was going on...

Sometimes a post of mine will not show up for hours or even half a day. 
They are all addressed directly to the list.  Sometimes my email 
provider sends me a notice that the message bounced.  Those notices say 
that the address wasn't available when the transmission was tried.