# Mailing list problems? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [October 5, 2006, 4:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mailing-list-problems/71141 "2006-10-05T16:30:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 4:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mailing-list-problems/71141/1 "2006-10-05T16:30:57Z")
am i the only one who did not see this message [http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/browse\_thread/thread/9b98e6e0e36f7dd4/83b498dce4c5c64f#83b498dce4c5c64f](http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/browse_thread/thread/9b98e6e0e36f7dd4/83b498dce4c5c64f#83b498dce4c5c64f) ?? regards. -a ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 4:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mailing-list-problems/71141/2 "2006-10-05T16:36:57Z")
On Oct 5, 2006, at 9:29 AM, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote: > am i the only one who did not see this message > > [http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/browse\_thread/](http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/browse_thread/) > thread/9b98e6e0e36f7dd4/83b498dce4c5c64f#83b498dce4c5c64f > > ?? Hmm, no, I didn’t get it either. I just checked on the Gateway though and it _seems_ to be OK. James Edward G. II ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 4:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mailing-list-problems/71141/3 "2006-10-05T16:36:57Z")
> am i the only one who did not see this message > [http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/browse\_thread/thread/9b98e6e0e36f7dd4/83b498dce4c5c64f#83b498dce4c5c64f](http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/browse_thread/thread/9b98e6e0e36f7dd4/83b498dce4c5c64f#83b498dce4c5c64f) > > ?? > > regards. Um, no. But then I don’t subscribe to comp.lang.ruby. Are you confusing newsgroups with mailing lists? Martin ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 4:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mailing-list-problems/71141/4 "2006-10-05T16:38:57Z")
On Thu, 5 Oct 2006, Martin C. wrote: > confusing newsgroups with mailing lists? > Martin, there is a gateway that takes posts from the newsgroup and > relays > them to the mailing list, and vice versa, so that participants in either > are defacto participants in both. Kirk H. ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 4:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mailing-list-problems/71141/5 "2006-10-05T16:46:59Z")
On Thu, 5 Oct 2006, James Edward G. II wrote: > Hmm, no, I didn’t get it either. I just checked on the Gateway though and it > _seems_ to be OK. > > James Edward G. II has anyone written a script to scrape the group via google groups or a usenet server and to compare this against a local inbox? such a beast, which worked by default against a 7 day back window and cron’d daily would be useful to catch such sync errors no? regards. -a ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 4:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mailing-list-problems/71141/6 "2006-10-05T16:50:59Z")
> > Um, no. But then I don’t subscribe to comp.lang.ruby. Are you > > confusing newsgroups with mailing lists? > > Martin, there is a gateway that takes posts from the newsgroup and relays > them to the mailing list, and vice versa, so that participants in either > are defacto participants in both. Ah, then it don’t works. My apologies. Martin ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 4:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mailing-list-problems/71141/7 "2006-10-05T16:50:59Z")
On Thu, 5 Oct 2006, Martin C. wrote: > Um, no. But then I don’t subscribe to comp.lang.ruby. Are you > confusing newsgroups with mailing lists? > > Martin no: they are managed in such a way that they mirror each other. that’s why people complain so loudly when people top-post, changed headers, and other activities that wreak havoc on people’s mailers. it’s unfortunate that whatever software people use to interact with the newsgroup does not inform them that, by posting to a group as you just did, you are also hitting thousands of people’s inboxes. -a