Python Mailing Lists and Newsgroups

Here's an overview of the mail and news resources for python. For a complete listing of python.org's public mailing lists, check both lists hosted on Mailman 2 and lists hosted on Mailman 3.

To request a new list, send e-mail to postmaster @ python.org; please check first to make sure a similar list does not already exist.

Mailing lists for users speaking languages other than English are listed in the non-english python resources guide, which includes mailing lists, translated and original non-English documentation, and other resources.

comp.lang.python newsgroup and python-list mailing list

comp.lang.python is a high-volume Usenet open (not moderated) newsgroup for general discussions and questions about Python. You can also access it as a mailing list through python-list.

Pretty much anything Python-related is fair game for discussion, and the group is even fairly tolerant of off-topic digressions; there have been entertaining discussions of topics such as floating point, good software design, and other programming languages such as Lisp and Forth.

Most discussion on comp.lang.python is about developing with Python, not about development of the Python interpreter itself. Some of the core developers still read the list, but most of them don't. Occasionally comp.lang.python suggestions have resulted in an enhancement proposal being written, leading to a new Python feature. If you find a bug in Python, don't send it to comp.lang.python; file a bug report in the issue tracker.

Items posted on the Usenet group appear on the mailing list, and vice versa (bidirectional gateway). Due to the mysteries of Usenet, the order in which items show up may vary.

Rudeness and personal attacks, even in reaction to blatant flamebait, are strongly frowned upon. People may strongly disagree on an issue, but usually discussion remains civil. In case of an actual flamebait posting, you can ignore it, quietly plonk the offending poster in your killfile or mail filters, or write a sharp but still-polite