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Analysis of posts to alt.os.linux.mandriva by Robert Marshall
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(stats compiled with a script by Garry Knight)


Total posts considered: 200 over 7 days
Earliest article: Fri Jun 20 21:25:08 2008
Latest article: Fri Jun 27 20:02:03 2008
Original articles: 19, replies: 181
Total size of posts: 520,388 bytes (508K) (0.50M)
Average 28 articles per day, 0.07 MB per day, 2,601 bytes per article
Total headers: 247 KB bodies: 260 KB
Body text - quoted: 119 KB, original: 123 KB = 50.90%, sigs: 16 KB
Total number of posters: 58, average 8,972 bytes per poster
Total number of threads: 34, average 15,305 bytes per thread
Total number of User-Agents: 18

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Top 20 posters by number of articles
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1: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 24
2: Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid>..................... ..... : 13
3: Blinky the Shark <no.spam@box.invalid>......................... : 12
4: Wes Newell <w.newell@invalid.invalid>........................ .. : 9
5: santo <nanci@auroville.org.in>.......................... ....... : 9
6: Mark Madsen <mark.s.madsen+news@gmail.com>.................... . : 9
7: Jim Beard <jim.beard@verizon.net>........................... ... : 8
8: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 7
9: "Peter D." <psd@live.home.invalid>........................... .. : 7
10: Keith <me@privacy.net>.................................. ....... : 6
11: Alan Secker <alan@asandco.co.uk>.............................. . : 6
12: Eric <Scorpus@gordinator.org>.......................... ........ : 6
13: Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com>........................ .... : 5
14: Jim Beard <jdbeard@patriot.net>............................. ... : 5
15: Roger <linuxuser@themachine.invalid>.................... ....... : 4
16: dnoyeB <askme@fake.net>.................................. ...... : 4
17: "Robert M. Riches Jr." <spamtrap42@verizon.net>................ : 4
18: Dave Farrance <DaveFarrance@OMiTTHiSyahooANDTHiS.co.uk>....... . : 3
19: Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 3
20: James Kerr <jkscot@myisp.invalid>............................ .. : 3

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Top 20 posters by article size in Kbytes
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1: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 50
2: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 37
3: Jim Beard <jim.beard@verizon.net>........................... ... : 37
4: Blinky the Shark <no.spam@box.invalid>......................... : 35
5: Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid>..................... ..... : 29
6: Wes Newell <w.newell@invalid.invalid>........................ .. : 21
7: Mark Madsen <mark.s.madsen+news@gmail.com>.................... . : 18
8: santo <nanci@auroville.org.in>.......................... ....... : 18
9: "Peter D." <psd@live.home.invalid>........................... .. : 17
10: Eric <Scorpus@gordinator.org>.......................... ........ : 16
11: alt.os.linux.mandriva Stats <usenet@capuchin.co.uk>............ : 15
12: Jim Beard <jdbeard@patriot.net>............................. ... : 14
13: Alan Secker <alan@asandco.co.uk>.............................. . : 12
14: Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com>........................ .... : 12
15: "Robert M. Riches Jr." <spamtrap42@verizon.net>................ : 9
16: dnoyeB <askme@fake.net>.................................. ...... : 9
17: Roger <linuxuser@themachine.invalid>.................... ....... : 8
18: Keith <me@privacy.net>.................................. ....... : 8
19: Peter Bradley <p.bradley@dsl.pipex.com>....................... . : 7
20: James Kerr <jkscot@myisp.invalid>............................ .. : 6

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Top 13 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
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1: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 63.90%
2: "Peter D." <psd@live.home.invalid>........................... .. : 57.41%
3: Keith <me@privacy.net>.................................. ....... : 56.24%
4: santo <nanci@auroville.org.in>.......................... ....... : 54.03%
5: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 52.23%
6: Mark Madsen <mark.s.madsen+news@gmail.com>.................... . : 51.72%
7: Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid>..................... ..... : 51.51%
8: Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com>........................ .... : 49.85%
9: Alan Secker <alan@asandco.co.uk>.............................. . : 46.41%
10: Jim Beard <jdbeard@patriot.net>............................. ... : 45.73%
11: Jim Beard <jim.beard@verizon.net>........................... ... : 41.04%
12: Wes Newell <w.newell@invalid.invalid>........................ .. : 36.52%
13: Blinky the Shark <no.spam@box.invalid>......................... : 28.34%

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Bottom 13 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
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1: Eric <Scorpus@gordinator.org>.......................... ........ : 27.97%
2: Blinky the Shark <no.spam@box.invalid>......................... : 28.34%
3: Wes Newell <w.newell@invalid.invalid>........................ .. : 36.52%
4: Jim Beard <jim.beard@verizon.net>........................... ... : 41.04%
5: Jim Beard <jdbeard@patriot.net>............................. ... : 45.73%
6: Alan Secker <alan@asandco.co.uk>.............................. . : 46.41%
7: Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com>........................ .... : 49.85%
8: Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid>..................... ..... : 51.51%
9: Mark Madsen <mark.s.madsen+news@gmail.com>.................... . : 51.72%
10: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 52.23%
11: santo <nanci@auroville.org.in>.......................... ....... : 54.03%
12: Keith <me@privacy.net>.................................. ....... : 56.24%
13: "Peter D." <psd@live.home.invalid>........................... .. : 57.41%

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Top 20 threads by no. of articles
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1: which tools to compile kernel?................................. : 22
2: Service Advisory - Important Changes to Your Verizon Newsgroup. : 19
3: Service Advisory - Important Changes to Your Verizon Newsgroup : 17
4: apache/php index.php donwloads instead of executing............ : 14
5: Mandriva 2008.1 and what WIFI card?............................ : 10
6: Can't upgrade from 2008.0 to 2008.1............................ : 9
7: OpenOffice Calc.............................................. .. : 8
8: Mandriva and 56k analogue modems............................... : 8
9: ProjectX.......................................... ............. : 7
10: KDE multimedia keyboard configuation, how?..................... : 7
11: my m key flaking out since upgrade............................. : 6
12: is firefox 3 available for 64 bit.............................. : 6
13: md 2008.01 googleearth....................................... .. : 6
14: KDEInit could not launch....................................... : 5
15: Mandriva on eee pc 900......................................... : 5
16: USENET News Service Recommendations Sought..................... : 5
17: Running MS Office in Linux - Wine or VM?....................... : 5
18: i do all things - Re: No Sound on IMB T23...................... : 4
19: Recovering KDE............................................... .. : 4
20: Autostart openoffice .......................................... : 3

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Top 20 threads by size in KB
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1: Service Advisory - Important Changes to Your Verizon Newsgroup : 66
2: Service Advisory - Important Changes to Your Verizon Newsgroup. : 65
3: which tools to compile kernel?................................. : 50
4: apache/php index.php donwloads instead of executing............ : 34
5: Mandriva 2008.1 and what WIFI card?............................ : 23
6: KDE multimedia keyboard configuation, how?..................... : 18
7: Mandriva and 56k analogue modems............................... : 18
8: Can't upgrade from 2008.0 to 2008.1............................ : 17
9: Statistics for alt.os.linux.mandriva........................... : 15
10: md 2008.01 googleearth....................................... .. : 14
11: ProjectX.......................................... ............. : 14
12: OpenOffice Calc.............................................. .. : 14
13: my m key flaking out since upgrade............................. : 13
14: USENET News Service Recommendations Sought..................... : 13
15: Mandriva on eee pc 900......................................... : 13
16: Recovering KDE............................................... .. : 11
17: Running MS Office in Linux - Wine or VM?....................... : 11
18: is firefox 3 available for 64 bit.............................. : 9
19: KDEInit could not launch....................................... : 9
20: i do all things - Re: No Sound on IMB T23...................... : 8

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Top 2 cross-posted groups
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1: alt.os.linux.mandrake............................. ............. : 1
2: comp.os.linux.networking.......................... ............. : 1

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Top 10 User Agents by poster
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1: KNode............................................. ............. : 14
2: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11...................................... : 9
3: slrn.............................................. ............. : 9
4: Pan............................................... ............. : 7
5: Mozilla........................................... ............. : 4
6: Forte Agent............................................. ....... : 2
7: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11...................................... : 2
8: Gnus.............................................. ............. : 1
9: MacSOUP........................................... ............. : 1
10: Claws Mail 3.2.0 (GTK+ 2.10.11; i586-mandriva-linux-gnu)....... : 1

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Top 10 User Agents by number of posts
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1: KNode............................................. ........ : 55 (28%)
2: Pan............................................... ........ : 38 (19%)
3: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11................................. : 29 (14%)
4: slrn.............................................. ........ : 26 (13%)
5: Opera Mail.............................................. .. : 24 (12%)
6: Forte Agent............................................. .. : 6 ( 3%)
7: Mozilla........................................... ........ : 6 ( 3%)
8: pan............................................... ........ : 3 ( 2%)
9: MacSOUP........................................... ........ : 2 ( 1%)
10: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.9; i586-mandriva-linux-gnu)... : 2 ( 1%)

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Top 10 time zones
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1: UTC............................................... ............. : 40
2: +0200............................................. ............. : 39
3: -0400.............................................. ............ : 35
4: +0100............................................. ............. : 29
5: -0700.............................................. ............ : 22
6: -0500.............................................. ............ : 16
7: +0530............................................. ............. : 9
8: +1000............................................. ............. : 9
9: -0700 (PDT)............................................. ....... : 1

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