From: Michael Heiming on
Stats comp.os.linux.setup (last 7 days)


Top 10 posters for the period:

rank posts kbytes name address
1 4 11.0 Matt Giwer jull43(a)tampabay.REMover.r
2 2 27.7 FAQ (bi-weekly) comp.os.linux.setup-FAQ@w
3 2 4.9 Jean-David Beyer jeandavid8(a)verizon.net
4 2 4.3 =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Fernand =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Fernando_
5 1 3.5 Michael Heiming michael+USENET(a)www.heimin
6 1 3.0 Stefan Patric tootek2(a)yahoo.com
7 1 2.6 James Wilson news(a)machineroom.info
8 1 2.5 bobbie sellers bliss(a)california.com
9 1 2.4 vv0939 vv0939(a)gmail.com
10 1 2.2 Doug Freyburger dfreybur(a)yahoo.com
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16 64.2 Total for top 10

Totals for the newsgroup:
16 posters
22 articles
73.1 kbytes

The top 10 accounted for:
62.5% of the posters
72.7% of the articles
87.8% of the bytes

Averages:
1.4 articles / poster
3.3 kbytes / article
4.6 kbytes / poster

1 people posted for the first time this period.
They went on to post 1 articles altogether

The new posters accounted for:
6.2% of the posters
4.5% of the articles
1.7% of the bytes


Top 10 subjects for the period:

posts kbytes subject
4 11.4 problem with samsung S203D DVD writer on suse linux 10.2
4 9.7 PC / Mac / Linux benchmarks (programs) that compare performance
4 8.8 Install Debian on a Machine with Windows XP
2 27.7 A new reader? Welcome to comp.os.linux.setup, read this first i
2 4.1 Which, for Dell Dimension E520?
2 2.9 PC / Mac / Linux benchmarks (programs) that compare performance
2 2.9 Adware 911 - Run Linux and never be infested again! - www.Adwar
1 3.5 Stats comp.os.linux.setup (last 7 days)
1 2.2 PC / Mac / Linux benchmarks (programs) that compare performance

22 articles on 9 subjects
15 were followups (68.2%)
2 were crossposts (9.1%)

73.0 kbytes total
headers: 23.8kb 32.6%
quoted text: 7.3kb 10.0%
original text: 40.5kb 55.5%
signatures: 1.4kb 1.9%

Averages:
2.4 articles / subject
3.3 kbytes / article
8.1 kbytes / subject

Postings per weekday:

Day posts
Monday 2
Tuesday 4
Wednesday 0
Thursday 6
Friday 4
Saturday 3
Sunday 3
(*=10 posts)

Top 10 Newsreader used (accumulated):

posts newsreader user
10 (45.5%) thunderbird 5 31.2%
3 (13.6%) g2 3 18.8%
2 (9.1%) post-direct 1 6.2%
2 (9.1%) pan 2 12.5%
2 (9.1%) microsoft 2 12.5%
1 (4.5%) tin 1 6.2%
1 (4.5%) postdirect 1 6.2%
1 (4.5%) forte 1 6.2%

8 different newsreader have been used (versions unaccounted).

DISCLAIMER
Please, take the stats with a dash of salt,
quantity might not always imply quality.

Have a lot of fun...