Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.017 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.97; '*S*': 0.00; 'deprecated': 0.07; 'list?': 0.07; 'plenty': 0.07; 'subject:Question': 0.07; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'terry': 0.09; 'server,': 0.15; "'mail'": 0.16; '(there': 0.16; 'googled': 0.16; 'python-list,': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'reedy': 0.16; 'subject:program': 0.16; 'wed,': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'jan': 0.18; 'gateway': 0.22; 'seems': 0.23; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.25; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.26; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.28; 'chris': 0.28; 'outlook': 0.28; 'helpful': 0.30; 'subject: .': 0.33; 'subject:Simple': 0.33; 'subject:regarding': 0.33; 'handle': 0.33; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'guys': 0.33; 'server': 0.35; 'list': 0.35; 'nov': 0.35; 'pm,': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'list.': 0.35; 'received:org': 0.36; 'thank': 0.36; 'communicate': 0.37; 'usual': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'some': 0.38; 'several': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'google': 0.39; 'list,': 0.39; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; 'your': 0.60; 'personally': 0.61; 'money.': 0.62; 'day.': 0.63; 'times': 0.63; 'skip:n 10': 0.63; 'more': 0.63; 'here': 0.65; 'news': 0.68; 'everybody': 0.69; 'groups.': 0.78; "isp's": 0.84; 'received:fios.verizon.net': 0.84; 'subject:running': 0.84; 'carries': 0.91; 'noise': 0.91; 'inbox': 0.93 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Terry Reedy Subject: Re: Simple Question regarding running .py program Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:08:03 -0500 References: <22ae6963-6700-4ea7-b396-344d89ead7f2@googlegroups.com> <8085ebf2-9f08-4889-84c9-f786d6776001@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-173-75-251-66.phlapa.fios.verizon.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:16.0) Gecko/20121026 Thunderbird/16.0.2 In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 22 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1352941714 news.xs4all.nl 6878 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:52976 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:33361 On 11/13/2012 11:10 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 2:31 PM, Caroline Hou wrote: >> Thank you Dave and everybody here for your helpful comments!This place is awesome! I found this group when I googled python-list. Seems like this is not the usual way you guys access the list? > > There are several ways to communicate with this list. > > * The comp.lang.python newsgroup - get a newsreader (there are plenty > around), and either connect to your ISP's news server (if they have > one that carries c.l.p) or to a public server, some of which cost > money. > * Use a news-to-web gateway such as Google Groups. That specific one > is deprecated on this list, as there's more noise than signal from > Google Groups. > * The mailing list python-list, delivered directly to your inbox many > times a day. This is what I personally use. news.gmane.org group gmane.comp.python.general many 'mail' programs such as Outlook Express or Thunderbird also handle news -- Terry Jan Reedy