Post approved but not appearing on UKLM

[Martin Harran]

I posted to UKLM yesterday and here is the Chiark record:

DateReference/Message-IDFromSubjectEvent
2024-02-20 11:2x GMT17084265224687approve

2024-02-20 10:5x GMT17084265224687
<2519tilcq73khblnm...@4ax.com>
Martin Harran
<martinharran at .. ail.com>Balloon flight - unfair refund
policy?enqueue

2024-02-20 10:5x GMT<2519tilcq73khblnm...@4ax.com>Martin
Harran
<martinharran at .. ail.com>Balloon flight - unfair refund
policy?receive

Any suggestions as to why the post is not appearing despite being
approved and whether I should repost it?

[Simon Parker]

I don't see it in the queue.

If you repost it, I'll approve it now and check it appears.

Regards

S.P.

[Martin Harran]

Reposted, thanks.

[Simon Parker]

I've approved it, but it looks like it has been "eaten" by the
moderation software post approval and hasn't propagated (I certainly
can't see it via Individual.net's server).

Sadly, that's beyond my capability to assist you with it although
hopefully those that know the inner workings of the moderation software
better than me can proffer an opinion as to why it might have been eaten.

In the past, strange characters in the subject have caused issues but I
don't know if that is relevant here?

Sorry that I cannot assist further at this stage. :-(

Regards

S.P.

[Jon Ribbens]

If Martin can send me the post by email (the address on this post works)
then I can take a look and see if I can work out what about the post is
causing it to disappear. (It isn't the case that all posts are vanishing,
so it seems likely that there must be something special about this one.)

[Mark Goodge]

On Wed, 21 Feb 2024 12:52:50 +0000, Martin Harran <martin...@gmail.com>
wrote:

Try a different subject line. You may have a non-ASCII character in there,
which the system can't cope with.

Mark

[Jon Ribbens]

This is true - the "hyphen" after "Ballon flight" is in fact
U+2013 EN DASH so that's almost certainly the problem. Either
turn it into a minus sign or replace it with a colon or something.

[Martin Harran]

I routinely compose my posts in Word and then copy'n paste into Forte
Agent. From time to time, I have had issues with MS characters in the
title but Agent usually throws a hissy fit and refuses to send. In
this case, the only obvious candidates in the tile are a hyphen and a
question mark so I've removed both of them and posted again. If that
doesn't work, I will email you the original.

[Matthew Vernon]

Jon Ribbens <jon+u...@unequivocal.eu> writes:

> This is true - the "hyphen" after "Ballon flight" is in fact
> U+2013 EN DASH so that's almost certainly the problem. Either
> turn it into a minus sign or replace it with a colon or something.

Yes, that would be it (and, sorry, I see I have a note of the
news-server rejecting it for the invalid Subject: line).

Matthew

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[Martin Harran]

That worked, was likely the hyphen in the title as discussed
else-thread.

[GB]

On 21/02/2024 17:06, Matthew Vernon wrote:
> Jon Ribbens <jon+u...@unequivocal.eu> writes:
>
>> This is true - the "hyphen" after "Ballon flight" is in fact
>> U+2013 EN DASH so that's almost certainly the problem. Either
>> turn it into a minus sign or replace it with a colon or something.
>
> Yes, that would be it (and, sorry, I see I have a note of the
> news-server rejecting it for the invalid Subject: line).
>
> Matthew
>

Sadly, you haven't had a response to your question.