Posted by Christoph Burschka on 04/25/07 14:41

Vince Morgan schrieb:
> "Jonno" <jonattree@gnosis-consultancy.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:1177503567.422544.101600@n35g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
>
>>I'm trying to post a message here but after several attempts it still
>>dosn't appear. I've only just registered, is there a delay before
>>posts become visible?
>>Thanks
>>
>
> I think so, I haven't seen it yet ;)
>
>

Posts on Google Groups, like any Usenet web portal, will take some time
to show up. This is why the page will state "Your message will appear
*momentarily*". The delay is pretty short, but I've seen it take over a
minute once.

Also, this article is pretty informative:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet

Specifically:

"Web-to-Usenet gateways often hide the fact from users that [...] Usenet
is still at its core a decentralized store-and-forward system and,
therefore, articles do not simply appear "everywhere" once they have
been posted. This typically leads to multiple posts with the same
contents [...]"

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