Statistics for news.software.readers

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Analysis of posts to news.software.readers by Robert Marshall
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(stats compiled with a script by Garry Knight)


Total posts considered: 250 over 7 days
Earliest article: Mon Jul 10 15:45:07 2006
Latest article: Mon Jul 17 12:23:23 2006
Original articles: 18, replies: 232
Total size of posts: 546,974 bytes (534K) (0.52M)
Average 35 articles per day, 0.07 MB per day, 2,187 bytes per article
Total headers: 297 KB bodies: 236 KB
Body text - quoted: 106 KB, original: 101 KB = 48.80%, sigs: 26 KB
Total number of posters: 76, average 7,197 bytes per poster
Total number of threads: 58, average 9,430 bytes per thread
Total number of User-Agents: 34

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Top 20 posters by number of articles
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1: Alan Connor <i3x9mdw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>........................... : 33
2: Blinky the Shark <no.spam@xxxxxxxxxxx>......................... : 29
3: Whiskers <catwheezel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>............................ : 16
4: Eggs Zachtly <re@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.......................... : 13
5: Tarkus <karnevil9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>........................... : 10
6: Krustov <me@xxxxxxxxxxx>....................................... : 9
7: Nemesis <nemesis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.............................. : 8
8: Sam <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>....................................... : 8
9: MLC <marialuisac@xxxxxxxxx>.................................... : 5
10: sittingduck <you.love.sitting-duck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>............ : 5
11: Neil Woods <cnw+usenet-0607@xxxxxxxxx>......................... : 5
12: Troy Piggins <usenet-0607@xxxxxxxxx>........................... : 5
13: DanS <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>................ : 4
14: news <news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>..................................... : 4
15: "Thomas J. Boschloo" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx>........................ : 4
16: "Vivek.M" <vivekm1234@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.......................... : 4
17: Peter J Ross <pjr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>............................. : 4
18: snipe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sn!pe).............................. : 3
19: rsteiner@xxxxxxxx (Richard Steiner)............................ : 3
20: Arne Anka <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>................................ : 3

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Top 20 posters by article size in Kbytes
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1: Alan Connor <i3x9mdw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>........................... : 81
2: Blinky the Shark <no.spam@xxxxxxxxxxx>......................... : 51
3: Sam <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>....................................... : 40
4: Eggs Zachtly <re@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.......................... : 32
5: Whiskers <catwheezel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>............................ : 30
6: Tarkus <karnevil9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>........................... : 22
7: Nemesis <nemesis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.............................. : 17
8: news <news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>..................................... : 15
9: Krustov <me@xxxxxxxxxxx>....................................... : 13
10: Troy Piggins <usenet-0607@xxxxxxxxx>........................... : 12
11: DanS <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>................ : 12
12: Neil Woods <cnw+usenet-0607@xxxxxxxxx>......................... : 12
13: "Thomas J. Boschloo" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx>........................ : 10
14: MLC <marialuisac@xxxxxxxxx>.................................... : 8
15: "Vivek.M" <vivekm1234@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.......................... : 8
16: Arne Anka <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>................................ : 7
17: rsteiner@xxxxxxxx (Richard Steiner)............................ : 6
18: Edward Langenback <real.address@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>................ : 6
19: Peter J Ross <pjr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>............................. : 6
20: sittingduck <you.love.sitting-duck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>............ : 6

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Top 11 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
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1: Alan Connor <i3x9mdw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>........................... : 87.14%
2: Krustov <me@xxxxxxxxxxx>....................................... : 72.94%
3: Sam <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>....................................... : 68.95%
4: sittingduck <you.love.sitting-duck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>............ : 64.68%
5: Nemesis <nemesis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.............................. : 53.96%
6: Neil Woods <cnw+usenet-0607@xxxxxxxxx>......................... : 49.66%
7: MLC <marialuisac@xxxxxxxxx>.................................... : 35.75%
8: Whiskers <catwheezel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>............................ : 34.83%
9: Tarkus <karnevil9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>........................... : 29.47%
10: Eggs Zachtly <re@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.......................... : 29.09%
11: Blinky the Shark <no.spam@xxxxxxxxxxx>......................... : 21.54%

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Bottom 11 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
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1: Troy Piggins <usenet-0607@xxxxxxxxx>........................... : 17.46%
2: Blinky the Shark <no.spam@xxxxxxxxxxx>......................... : 21.54%
3: Eggs Zachtly <re@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.......................... : 29.09%
4: Tarkus <karnevil9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>........................... : 29.47%
5: Whiskers <catwheezel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>............................ : 34.83%
6: MLC <marialuisac@xxxxxxxxx>.................................... : 35.75%
7: Neil Woods <cnw+usenet-0607@xxxxxxxxx>......................... : 49.66%
8: Nemesis <nemesis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.............................. : 53.96%
9: sittingduck <you.love.sitting-duck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>............ : 64.68%
10: Sam <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>....................................... : 68.95%
11: Krustov <me@xxxxxxxxxxx>....................................... : 72.94%

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Top 20 threads by no. of articles
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1: List of news clients........................................... : 38
2: Alan Connor: Federation Solution............................... : 36
3: [Dialog] Showing Link URL's from Mail/News..................... : 24
4: [ANN] XPN 0.5.7 released....................................... : 16
5: [Dialog] Scoring question...................................... : 11
6: [OT] Re: Alan Connor: Federation Solution...................... : 10
7: Newsreader for Win2K. I have tried Forte-Agent, slrn and 40tude : 8
8: [OT] Zax....................................................... : 6
9: slrnpull [& pan] ?............................................. : 5
10: [OT] Edward Langenback (was: FAQ: Canonical list of questions < : 5
11: FAQ: Canonical list of questions Beavis refuses to answer (V1.9 : 5
12: [SLRN] Macro: Posting Histories (was: <snip trolldung>)........ : 5
13: [slrn] length of group names in group list > 35 ?.............. : 4
14: [dialog] Some new messages not appearing....................... : 4
15: [OT] Zax (was: [OT] Edward Langenback <snip>).................. : 4
16: Usenet Beavis: Federation Solution............................. : 3
17: [OT] Re: Excuse me, Beavis, could we discuss news.individual.ne : 3
18: [Xnews] Hard Kill on a per-group basis?........................ : 3
19: I'm having real problems....................................... : 3
20: May have been asked before - using a reader across 2 machines.. : 3

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Top 20 threads by size in KB
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1: Alan Connor: Federation Solution............................... : 72
2: List of news clients........................................... : 58
3: [Dialog] Showing Link URL's from Mail/News..................... : 48
4: [ANN] XPN 0.5.7 released....................................... : 35
5: [Dialog] Scoring question...................................... : 21
6: Newsreader for Win2K. I have tried Forte-Agent, slrn and 40tude : 20
7: [OT] Re: Alan Connor: Federation Solution...................... : 19
8: FAQ: Canonical list of questions Beavis refuses to answer (V1.9 : 18
9: [OT] Zax....................................................... : 14
10: [OT] Zax (was: [OT] Edward Langenback <snip>).................. : 12
11: [SLRN] Macro: Posting Histories (was: <snip trolldung>)........ : 12
12: slrnpull [& pan] ?............................................. : 12
13: [OT] Identifying Trolls (was: I'm having real problems)........ : 10
14: [OT] Edward Langenback (was: FAQ: Canonical list of questions < : 8
15: FAQ: Canonical list of questions Beavis refuses to answer...... : 8
16: pan development = 'unfocused' ?................................ : 7
17: [slrn] length of group names in group list > 35 ?.............. : 7
18: Usenet Beavis: Federation Solution............................. : 7
19: Excuse me, Beavis, could we discuss news.individual.net?....... : 7
20: [dialog] Some new messages not appearing....................... : 6

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Top 10 cross-posted groups
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1: alt.privacy.anon-server........................................ : 57
2: alt.free.newsservers........................................... : 47
3: alt.***.alan-connor........................................ : 10
4: alt.comp.software.newsreaders.................................. : 8
5: news.software.readers......................................... : 4
6: alt.religion.kibology.......................................... : 3
7: alt.free.newsservers.......................................... : 1
8: alt.privacy.anon-server....................................... : 1
9: news.admin.net-abuse.email..................................... : 1
10: alt.usenet.kooks............................................... : 1

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Top 10 User Agents by poster
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1: Xnews.......................................................... : 14
2: slrn........................................................... : 14
3: 40tude_Dialog.................................................. : 12
4: Unknown........................................................ : 11
5: Forte Agent.................................................... : 5
6: Outlook Express................................................ : 4
7: G2............................................................. : 2
8: MesNews........................................................ : 2
9: Gnus........................................................... : 1
10: MacSOUP........................................................ : 1

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Top 10 User Agents by number of posts
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1: slrn...................................................... : 95 (38%)
2: 40tude_Dialog............................................. : 45 (18%)
3: Xnews..................................................... : 26 (10%)
4: unknown................................................... : 16 ( 6%)
5: MicroPlanet-Gravity....................................... : 9 ( 4%)
6: XPN....................................................... : 9 ( 4%)
7: http://www.courier-mta.org/cone/.......................... : 8 ( 3%)
8: Forte Agent............................................... : 7 ( 3%)
9: Gnus...................................................... : 5 ( 2%)
10: Pan....................................................... : 4 ( 2%)

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Top 10 time zones
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1: UTC............................................................ : 103
2: +0100.......................................................... : 43
3: -0500.......................................................... : 37
4: +0200.......................................................... : 29
5: -0400.......................................................... : 15
6: +1000.......................................................... : 7
7: +0530.......................................................... : 4
8: -0700.......................................................... : 3
9: +0930.......................................................... : 3
10: +0200 (CEST)................................................... : 2

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