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


Total posts considered: 158 over 7 days
Earliest article: Fri Sep 7 21:29:35 2007
Latest article: Fri Sep 14 20:25:02 2007
Original articles: 30, replies: 128
Total size of posts: 341,369 bytes (333K) (0.33M)
Average 22 articles per day, 0.05 MB per day, 2,160 bytes per article
Total headers: 180 KB bodies: 153 KB
Body text - quoted: 59 KB, original: 84 KB = 58.70%, sigs: 8 KB
Total number of posters: 56, average 6,095 bytes per poster
Total number of threads: 41, average 8,326 bytes per thread
Total number of User-Agents: 30

============================================================================
Top 20 posters by number of articles
============================================================================
1: Bit Twister <BitTwister(a)mouse-potato.com>...................... : 15
2: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins(a)nomail.afraid.org>............... : 15
3: Pete <Pete(a)nospam.com>......................................... : 10
4: ray <ray(a)zianet.com>........................................... : 8
5: Spheric <noway(a)nothanks.yo>.................................... : 7
6: CharlieB <cdbiem(a)nospam.net>................................... : 6
7: ERACC <junkmail(a)eracc.com>..................................... : 6
8: chris gareau <ax(a)bx.cx>........................................ : 5
9: Wes Newell <w.newell(a)TAKEOUTverizon.net>....................... : 5
10: Unruh <unruh-spam(a)physics.ubc.ca>.............................. : 5
11: "Robert M. Riches Jr." <spamtrap42(a)verizon.net>................ : 5
12: Dave Farrance <DaveFarrance(a)OMiTTHiSyahooANDTHiS.co.uk>........ : 4
13: "Les B. Labbauf" <broeht(a)netscape.net>......................... : 4
14: ArameFarpado <a-farpado.spam(a)netcabo.pt>....................... : 4
15: Jim Beard <jim.beard(a)verizon.net>.............................. : 4
16: Amund <sjaavaag.nospam(a)bigfoot.com>............................ : 3
17: Walter Mautner <nodeleaf.20.eatallspam(a)spamgourmet.com>........ : 3
18: Gail Koontz <gailkoontz(a)cfl.rr.com>............................ : 3
19: Blinky the Shark <no.spam(a)box.invalid>......................... : 3
20: lordy <spam(a)lordy.org.ukinvalid>............................... : 2

============================================================================
Top 20 posters by article size in Kbytes
============================================================================
1: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins(a)nomail.afraid.org>............... : 31
2: Bit Twister <BitTwister(a)mouse-potato.com>...................... : 25
3: Pete <Pete(a)nospam.com>......................................... : 20
4: ray <ray(a)zianet.com>........................................... : 14
5: alt.os.linux.mandriva Stats <usenet(a)capuchin.co.uk>............ : 14
6: ERACC <junkmail(a)eracc.com>..................................... : 13
7: Spheric <noway(a)nothanks.yo>.................................... : 13
8: "Les B. Labbauf" <broeht(a)netscape.net>......................... : 12
9: Wes Newell <w.newell(a)TAKEOUTverizon.net>....................... : 11
10: CharlieB <cdbiem(a)nospam.net>................................... : 10
11: Unruh <unruh-spam(a)physics.ubc.ca>.............................. : 10
12: chris gareau <ax(a)bx.cx>........................................ : 9
13: alt.os.linux.mandrake Stats <usenet(a)capuchin.co.uk>............ : 9
14: "Robert M. Riches Jr." <spamtrap42(a)verizon.net>................ : 9
15: Amund <sjaavaag.nospam(a)bigfoot.com>............................ : 8
16: Jim Beard <jim.beard(a)verizon.net>.............................. : 8
17: Blinky the Shark <no.spam(a)box.invalid>......................... : 7
18: Walter Mautner <nodeleaf.20.eatallspam(a)spamgourmet.com>........ : 6
19: ArameFarpado <a-farpado.spam(a)netcabo.pt>....................... : 6
20: Dave Farrance <DaveFarrance(a)OMiTTHiSyahooANDTHiS.co.uk>........ : 6

============================================================================
Top 10 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
============================================================================
1: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins(a)nomail.afraid.org>............... : 70.40%
2: CharlieB <cdbiem(a)nospam.net>................................... : 70.27%
3: ERACC <junkmail(a)eracc.com>..................................... : 68.39%
4: Bit Twister <BitTwister(a)mouse-potato.com>...................... : 62.93%
5: Wes Newell <w.newell(a)TAKEOUTverizon.net>....................... : 61.92%
6: Unruh <unruh-spam(a)physics.ubc.ca>.............................. : 37.07%
7: ray <ray(a)zianet.com>........................................... : 34.32%
8: "Robert M. Riches Jr." <spamtrap42(a)verizon.net>................ : 33.24%
9: chris gareau <ax(a)bx.cx>........................................ : 32.31%
10: Spheric <noway(a)nothanks.yo>.................................... : 31.99%

============================================================================
Bottom 10 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
============================================================================
1: Pete <Pete(a)nospam.com>......................................... : 23.97%
2: Spheric <noway(a)nothanks.yo>.................................... : 31.99%
3: chris gareau <ax(a)bx.cx>........................................ : 32.31%
4: "Robert M. Riches Jr." <spamtrap42(a)verizon.net>................ : 33.24%
5: ray <ray(a)zianet.com>........................................... : 34.32%
6: Unruh <unruh-spam(a)physics.ubc.ca>.............................. : 37.07%
7: Wes Newell <w.newell(a)TAKEOUTverizon.net>....................... : 61.92%
8: Bit Twister <BitTwister(a)mouse-potato.com>...................... : 62.93%
9: ERACC <junkmail(a)eracc.com>..................................... : 68.39%
10: CharlieB <cdbiem(a)nospam.net>................................... : 70.27%

============================================================================
Top 20 threads by no. of articles
============================================================================
1: Still don't have fstab down. DVD this time..................... : 13
2: Problems with backup/restore................................... : 11
3: 3D Rage driver crashing on Mandriva One 2007 Spring............ : 10
4: harddrive reccommendations..................................... : 9
5: "Cluster" packages?............................................ : 9
6: CPU Frequency?................................................. : 9
7: Epson Stylus CX8400 multi-function printer - shooting blanks... : 8
8: SKYPE.......................................................... : 7
9: Samba Samba x20 ???............................................ : 7
10: Mandriva 2008 uses /dev/sda for IDE drive...................... : 6
11: How to recover files from fat memory card...................... : 5
12: ndiswrapper.................................................... : 5
13: problems upgrading............................................. : 5
14: Mandriva Update Confusion...................................... : 5
15: trash can files................................................ : 4
16: Substring search for installed packages?....................... : 3
17: security updates: ftp servers not up to date................... : 3
18: Icon Hell...................................................... : 3
19: What All In One printer scanner fax would you buy for Linux?... : 3
20: Mandriva 2008 not handle Vista hard drive format............... : 3

============================================================================
Top 20 threads by size in KB
============================================================================
1: CPU Frequency?................................................. : 24
2: Still don't have fstab down. DVD this time..................... : 23
3: Problems with backup/restore................................... : 20
4: 3D Rage driver crashing on Mandriva One 2007 Spring............ : 19
5: Epson Stylus CX8400 multi-function printer - shooting blanks... : 18
6: harddrive reccommendations..................................... : 18
7: "Cluster" packages?............................................ : 16
8: Statistics for alt.os.linux.mandriva........................... : 14
9: Samba Samba x20 ???............................................ : 13
10: SKYPE.......................................................... : 12
11: How to recover files from fat memory card...................... : 12
12: Mandriva Update Confusion...................................... : 12
13: Mandriva 2008 uses /dev/sda for IDE drive...................... : 11
14: ndiswrapper.................................................... : 10
15: Statistics for alt.os.linux.mandrake........................... : 9
16: problems upgrading............................................. : 8
17: Icon Hell...................................................... : 7
18: Mandriva 2008 not handle Vista hard drive format............... : 6
19: trash can files................................................ : 6
20: Problem with libraries......................................... : 6

============================================================================
Top 2 cross-posted groups
============================================================================
1: alt.os.linux.mandrake.......................................... : 5
2: comp.os.linux.misc............................................. : 2

============================================================================
Top 10 User Agents by poster
============================================================================
1: KNode.......................................................... : 16
2: G2............................................................. : 7
3: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (X11....................................... : 7
4: slrn........................................................... : 6
5: Pan............................................................ : 4
6: Unknown........................................................ : 4
7: Gnus........................................................... : 2
8: Forte Agent.................................................... : 2
9: Mozilla........................................................ : 2
10: pan............................................................ : 1

============================================================================
Top 10 User Agents by number of posts
============================================================================
1: KNode..................................................... : 37 (23%)
2: slrn...................................................... : 27 (17%)
3: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (X11.................................. : 26 (16%)
4: Pan....................................................... : 20 (13%)
5: Opera Mail................................................ : 15 ( 9%)
6: G2........................................................ : 8 ( 5%)
7: nn........................................................ : 5 ( 3%)
8: Forte Agent............................................... : 5 ( 3%)
9: pan....................................................... : 4 ( 3%)
10: unknown................................................... : 4 ( 3%)

============================================================================
Top 10 time zones
============================================================================
1: UTC............................................................ : 68
2: -0400.......................................................... : 34
3: -0700.......................................................... : 15
4: +0100.......................................................... : 11
5: +0200.......................................................... : 10
6: -0600.......................................................... : 8
7: +1000.......................................................... : 6
8: -0500.......................................................... : 6

============================================================================
--
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This was auto-posted using a script by Garry Knight.
Please send questions or comments to usenet(a)capuchin.co.uk
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------