[Python-Dev] Re: c.l.p.a -- what needs to be done ?

[M.-A. Lemburg]

"Barry A. Warsaw" wrote:
> 
> >>>>> "M" == M  <mal@lemburg.com> writes:
> 
>     M> I've asked this question before: when are we going to see
>     M> comp.lang.python.announce back online ?
> 
>     M> If this is all it takes to post to a moderated newsgroup,
>     M> fixing Mailman to do the trick should be really simple.
> 
>     M> I'm willing to help here to get this done *before* the Python
>     M> 2.0beta1 announcement.
> 
> MAL, you must be reading my mind!
> 
> I've actually been working on some unofficial patches to Mailman that
> will let list admins moderate a moderated newsgroup.  The technical
> details are described in a recent post to mailman-developers[1].

Cool... :-)
 
> I'm testing it out right now.  I first installed this on starship, but
> there's no nntp server that starship can post to, so I've since moved
> the list to python.org.  However, I'm still having some problems with
> the upstream feed, or at least I haven't seen approved messages
> appearing on deja or my ISP's server.  I'm not exactly sure why; could
> just be propagation delays.
> 
> Anyway, if anybody does see my test messages show up in the newsgroup
> (not the gatewayed mailing list -- sorry David), please let me know.

Nothing has appeared at my ISP yet. Looking at the mailing list
archives, the postings don't have the Approved: header (but
perhaps it's just the archive which doesn't include it).

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
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