Path: csiph.com!optima2.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed8.news.xs4all.nl!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!194.109.133.90.MISMATCH!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed7.news.xs4all.nl!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 0.107 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.80; '*S*': 0.02; 'subject:Python': 0.05; 'creighton': 0.09; 'messing': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'behaviour.': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'laura': 0.18; 'say,': 0.18; '>>>': 0.20; 'meant': 0.22; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.26; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.26; "can't": 0.32; 'message.': 0.33; 'fail': 0.35; 'serve': 0.36; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.37; 'really': 0.37; 'received:org': 0.37; 'no,': 0.38; 'thank': 0.38; 'google': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'forget': 0.60; 'him': 0.60; 'your': 0.60; 'us.': 0.62; 'our': 0.64; "they're": 0.66; 'services': 0.67; 'reply': 0.68; 'internet': 0.70; 'power': 0.72; '_o__)': 0.84; 'received:125': 0.84; 'standards,': 0.84; '\xe2\x80\x94emo': 0.84; 'subject:Gmail': 0.91; 'philips': 0.93 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Ben Finney Subject: Re: Gmail eats Python Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2015 10:49:40 +1000 References: <201507251634.t6PGYUvo028820@fido.openend.se> <201507251704.t6PH4FNx029638@fido.openend.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: jigong.madmonks.org X-Public-Key-ID: 0xAC128405 X-Public-Key-Fingerprint: 517C F14B B2F3 98B0 CB35 4855 B8B2 4C06 AC12 8405 X-Public-Key-URL: http://www.benfinney.id.au/contact/bfinney-pubkey.asc X-Post-From: Ben Finney User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:a+gl38oyjaeRMqSwOmJq8IGV26U= X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20+ 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: 1437871792 news.xs4all.nl 2916 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:40882 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:94580 Laura Creighton writes: > So it was my fault by sending him a reply with >>> to the far left. No, it was Google Mail's failt for messing with the content of the message. Never forget that these services are meant to serve us. When they fail to do so because they're violating internet standards, it's not our fault. > Thank you Zach, I had no idea. I will change my behaviour. Google can't force you to change your behaviour; they only have that power if you give it to them. -- \ “People come up to me and say, ‘Emo, do people really come up | `\ to you?’” —Emo Philips | _o__) | Ben Finney