Re: Obnoxious postings from Google Groups (was: datetime issue)

2012-09-23 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2012-09-22, Hank Gay wrote: > On 2012-09-21 15:07:09 +, Grant Edwards said: >> >> I told my news client years ago to filter out anything posted from >> Google Groups -- and I know I'm not alone. If one wants the best >> chance of getting a question answered, using something other than >>

Re: Obnoxious postings from Google Groups (was: datetime issue)

2012-09-21 Thread Hank Gay
On 2012-09-21 15:07:09 +, Grant Edwards said: I told my news client years ago to filter out anything posted from Google Groups -- and I know I'm not alone. If one wants the best chance of getting a question answered, using something other than Google Groups is indeed a good idea. What's t

Re: Obnoxious postings from Google Groups (was: datetime issue)

2012-09-21 Thread Walter Hurry
On Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:07:09 +, Grant Edwards wrote: > I told my news client years ago to filter out anything posted from > Google Groups -- and I know I'm not alone. If one wants the best chance > of getting a question answered, using something other than Google Groups > is indeed a good ide

Re: Obnoxious postings from Google Groups (was: datetime issue)

2012-09-21 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2012-09-16, Ben Finney wrote: > writes: > >> Iam sorry i didnt do that on purpose and i dont know how this is done. >> >> Iam positng via google groups using chrome, thats all i know. > > It is becoming quite clear that some change has happened recently to > Googl

Re: Obnoxious postings from Google Groups (was: datetime issue)

2012-09-17 Thread Jamie Paul Griffin
[ Joel Goldstick wrote on Sun 16.Sep'12 at 11:57:56 -0400 ] > email client to python-list@python.org If using Windows I would certainly use Thunderbird or even slrn news reader - I believe there is a version for Windows. Or you could install Interix subsystem which provides UNIX tools for Wind

Re: Obnoxious postings from Google Groups (was: datetime issue)

2012-09-17 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 16 September 2012 12:29:39 pandora.ko...@gmail.com did opine: > > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > > > > email client to python-list@python.org > > wait a minute! i must use my ISP's news server and then post o > comp.lang.python no? No. > What is python-list@p

Re: Obnoxious postings from Google Groups (was: datetime issue)

2012-09-16 Thread alex23
On Sep 17, 10:55 am, Roy Smith wrote: > They didn't buy the service.  They bought the data.  Well, they really > bought both, but the data is all they wanted. I thought they'd taken most of the historical data offline now too? Either way, it was the sort of purchase-and-whither approach you usua

Re: Obnoxious postings from Google Groups (was: datetime issue)

2012-09-16 Thread Roy Smith
In article <6c732de0-b10f-4d40-853c-f62682970...@rg9g2000pbc.googlegroups.com>, alex23 wrote: > On Sep 16, 11:18 pm, Ben Finney wrote: > > Using Google Groups for posting to Usenet has been a bad idea for a long > > time, but now it just seems to be a sure recipe for annoying the rest of > > u

Re: Obnoxious postings from Google Groups (was: datetime issue)

2012-09-16 Thread alex23
On Sep 16, 11:18 pm, Ben Finney wrote: > Using Google Groups for posting to Usenet has been a bad idea for a long > time, but now it just seems to be a sure recipe for annoying the rest of > us. Again, not something you have much control over, except to stop > using Google Groups. Agreed. While i

Re: Obnoxious postings from Google Groups (was: datetime issue)

2012-09-16 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sun, 16 Sep 2012 08:41:44 -0700, pandora.koura wrote: > If i ditch google groups what application can i use in Windows 8 to post > to this newsgroup and what newsserver too? Google is your friend. Do try to find the answer to your questions before asking here. Search for "usenet news reader

Re: Obnoxious postings from Google Groups (was: datetime issue)

2012-09-16 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sun, 16 Sep 2012 09:06:30 -0700, pandora.koura wrote: >> > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > What is python-list@python.org how can i post there? It's the same thing it was when I posted the above URL a few hours ago. Didn't you follow the link before? It has instructio

Re: Obnoxious postings from Google Groups (was: datetime issue)

2012-09-16 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 16 September 2012 12:08:47 pandora.ko...@gmail.com did opine: > Whaen i tried to post just now by hitting sumbit, google groups told me > that the following addresssed has benn found in this thread! i guess is > used them all to notify everything! > > cdf072b2-7359-4417-b1e4-d984e4317..

Re: Obnoxious postings from Google Groups (was: datetime issue)

2012-09-16 Thread Joel Goldstick
On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 12:06 PM, wrote: > >> >> > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >> >> >> >> email client to python-list@python.org >> > > wait a minute! i must use my ISP's news server and then post o > comp.lang.python no? > > What is python-list@python.org how can i post

Re: Obnoxious postings from Google Groups (was: datetime issue)

2012-09-16 Thread pandora . koura
> > Ah. Did you then send to all three? Just a wild guess, but I'm > > thinking that might be the cause of post duplication... > > > > ChrisA I had no choise, it doesnt let me pick one, it just notifies me that it will posted to these 3. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-li

Re: Obnoxious postings from Google Groups (was: datetime issue)

2012-09-16 Thread Joel Goldstick
On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 11:41 AM, wrote: > Τη Κυριακή, 16 Σεπτεμβρίου 2012 4:18:50 μ.μ. UTC+3, ο χρήστης Ben Finney > έγραψε: >> Νικόλαος Κούρας writes: >> >> >> >> > Iam sorry i didnt do that on purpose and i dont know how this is done. >> >> > >> >> > Iam positng via google groups using chrom

Re: Obnoxious postings from Google Groups (was: datetime issue)

2012-09-16 Thread pandora . koura
> > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > > > > email client to python-list@python.org > wait a minute! i must use my ISP's news server and then post o comp.lang.python no? What is python-list@python.org how can i post there? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/py

Re: Obnoxious postings from Google Groups (was: datetime issue)

2012-09-16 Thread Chris Angelico
On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 1:44 AM, wrote: > Whaen i tried to post just now by hitting sumbit, google groups told me that > the following addresssed has benn found in this thread! i guess is used them > all to notify everything! > > cdf072b2-7359-4417-b1e4-d984e4317...@googlegroups.com > mailman.7

Re: Obnoxious postings from Google Groups (was: datetime issue)

2012-09-16 Thread pandora . koura
Whaen i tried to post just now by hitting sumbit, google groups told me that the following addresssed has benn found in this thread! i guess is used them all to notify everything! cdf072b2-7359-4417-b1e4-d984e4317...@googlegroups.com mailman.774.1347735926.27098.python-l...@python.org nikos.gr..

Re: Obnoxious postings from Google Groups (was: datetime issue)

2012-09-16 Thread pandora . koura
Τη Κυριακή, 16 Σεπτεμβρίου 2012 4:18:50 μ.μ. UTC+3, ο χρήστης Ben Finney έγραψε: > Νικόλαος Κούρας writes: > > > > > Iam sorry i didnt do that on purpose and i dont know how this is done. > > > > > > Iam positng via google groups using chrome, thats all i know. > > > > It is becoming qui

Obnoxious postings from Google Groups (was: datetime issue)

2012-09-16 Thread Ben Finney
Νικόλαος Κούρας writes: > Iam sorry i didnt do that on purpose and i dont know how this is done. > > Iam positng via google groups using chrome, thats all i know. It is becoming quite clear that some change has happened recently to Google Groups that makes posts coming from there rather more obn