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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: 310 over 7 days
Earliest article: Fri Dec 26 21:25:04 2008
Latest article: Fri Jan 2 20:25:30 2009
Original articles: 30, replies: 280
Total size of posts: 810,288 bytes (791K) (0.77M)
Average 44 articles per day, 0.11 MB per day, 2,613 bytes per article
Total headers: 395 KB bodies: 395 KB
Body text - quoted: 162 KB, original: 187 KB = 53.64%, sigs: 43 KB
Total number of posters: 60, average 13,504 bytes per poster
Total number of threads: 52, average 15,582 bytes per thread
Total number of User-Agents: 15

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Top 20 posters by number of articles
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1: Maurice Batey <maurice@nomail.afraid.org>..................... . : 47
2: Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 44
3: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 21
4: Doug Laidlaw <doug@dougshost.invalid>........................ .. : 17
5: Jim Beard <jdbeard@patriot.net>............................. ... : 14
6: Unruh <unruh-spam@physics.ubc.ca>.............................. : 13
7: Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid>..................... ..... : 12
8: Robert Riches <spamtrap42@verizon.net>........................ . : 11
9: Adam <adam@address.invalid>............................ ........ : 9
10: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 8
11: Blinky the Shark <no.spam@box.invalid>......................... : 7
12: Eric_W <2e0ecw@bluyonder.co.uk>.......................... ...... : 6
13: herman.viaene@thuis.be......................................... : 6
14: Warren Post <wpost@hondutel.hn>............................... . : 5
15: dimke.fax@uni.de (Markus R. Keßler)............................ : 5
16: none <""andrew\"@(none)">.............................. ........ : 4
17: Jim Whitby <nospam@deesfantasyplace.com>..................... .. : 4
18: Dan Espen <daneNO@MORE.mk.SPAMtelcordia.com>................ ... : 4
19: Alan Secker <alan@asandco.co.uk>.............................. . : 4
20: Ar <Ar@127.0.0.1>.................................... .......... : 4

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Top 20 posters by article size in Kbytes
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1: Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 104
2: Maurice Batey <maurice@nomail.afraid.org>..................... . : 92
3: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 55
4: Adam <adam@address.invalid>............................ ........ : 49
5: Jim Beard <jdbeard@patriot.net>............................. ... : 47
6: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 45
7: Doug Laidlaw <doug@dougshost.invalid>........................ .. : 41
8: Unruh <unruh-spam@physics.ubc.ca>.............................. : 33
9: Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid>..................... ..... : 29
10: Robert Riches <spamtrap42@verizon.net>........................ . : 27
11: herman.viaene@thuis.be......................................... : 17
12: Blinky the Shark <no.spam@box.invalid>......................... : 16
13: alt.os.linux.mandriva Stats <usenet@capuchin.co.uk>............ : 15
14: Dan Espen <daneNO@MORE.mk.SPAMtelcordia.com>................ ... : 14
15: Warren Post <wpost@hondutel.hn>............................... . : 12
16: don <noddleif@westnet.com.au>......................... ......... : 11
17: Jim Whitby <nospam@deesfantasyplace.com>..................... .. : 10
18: Markus R. Keßler <dimke.fax@uni.de>............................ : 10
19: dimke.fax@uni.de (Markus R. Keßler)............................ : 9
20: freemont <freemontspammenot@freemontsoffice.com>........... .... : 8

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Top 14 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
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1: Warren Post <wpost@hondutel.hn>............................... . : 88.92%
2: Maurice Batey <maurice@nomail.afraid.org>..................... . : 75.44%
3: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 74.74%
4: dimke.fax@uni.de (Markus R. Keßler)............................ : 72.29%
5: Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid>..................... ..... : 66.79%
6: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 64.27%
7: Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 59.92%
8: Adam <adam@address.invalid>............................ ........ : 56.42%
9: Jim Beard <jdbeard@patriot.net>............................. ... : 51.79%
10: Eric_W <2e0ecw@bluyonder.co.uk>.......................... ...... : 47.65%
11: Robert Riches <spamtrap42@verizon.net>........................ . : 38.07%
12: Doug Laidlaw <doug@dougshost.invalid>........................ .. : 35.20%
13: Unruh <unruh-spam@physics.ubc.ca>.............................. : 30.07%
14: Blinky the Shark <no.spam@box.invalid>......................... : 21.71%

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Bottom 14 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
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1: herman.viaene@thuis.be......................................... : 20.38%
2: Blinky the Shark <no.spam@box.invalid>......................... : 21.71%
3: Unruh <unruh-spam@physics.ubc.ca>.............................. : 30.07%
4: Doug Laidlaw <doug@dougshost.invalid>........................ .. : 35.20%
5: Robert Riches <spamtrap42@verizon.net>........................ . : 38.07%
6: Eric_W <2e0ecw@bluyonder.co.uk>.......................... ...... : 47.65%
7: Jim Beard <jdbeard@patriot.net>............................. ... : 51.79%
8: Adam <adam@address.invalid>............................ ........ : 56.42%
9: Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 59.92%
10: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 64.27%
11: Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid>..................... ..... : 66.79%
12: dimke.fax@uni.de (Markus R. Keßler)............................ : 72.29%
13: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 74.74%
14: Maurice Batey <maurice@nomail.afraid.org>..................... . : 75.44%

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Top 20 threads by no. of articles
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1: Can't SSH from 2008.0 laptop to 2009.0 desktop................. : 34
2: [OT] Re: Same password for root and user....................... : 23
3: 64-bit VirtualBox for Mandriva?................................ : 20
4: "Read Only File System"........................................ : 19
5: Disk thrashing just after boot up of 2009.0.................... : 18
6: Mirror check please............................................ : 17
7: K3B crashes during splash screen............................... : 14
8: Wanted - Quick Reference Guide................................. : 12
9: PCI modem needs kernel patch???................................ : 12
10: I have given up on 2009.0...................................... : 10
11: two 2009.0 problems: twm menus and function keys; mouse cursor. : 9
12: O.T. which tool to create DVD for DVD player containing just st : 8
13: Xfce thinks local time is GMT.................................. : 8
14: USB Pen-Drive Icon?............................................ : 7
15: VFAT partition: Permission change.............................. : 6
16: Free 2009 - Missing files...................................... : 5
17: konsole........................................... ............. : 5
18: no space left on device........................................ : 5
19: Getting the HD temperature via Smart?.......................... : 5
20: HD Speed, etc............................................... ... : 4

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Top 20 threads by size in KB
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1: Can't SSH from 2008.0 laptop to 2009.0 desktop................. : 85
2: [OT] Re: Same password for root and user....................... : 59
3: 64-bit VirtualBox for Mandriva?................................ : 44
4: "Read Only File System"........................................ : 43
5: Disk thrashing just after boot up of 2009.0.................... : 38
6: PCI modem needs kernel patch???................................ : 37
7: HD Speed, etc............................................... ... : 34
8: K3B crashes during splash screen............................... : 32
9: Mirror check please............................................ : 29
10: two 2009.0 problems: twm menus and function keys; mouse cursor. : 29
11: Partitioning External HD, etc. (was: HD Speed, etc.)........... : 27
12: I have given up on 2009.0...................................... : 22
13: O.T. which tool to create DVD for DVD player containing just st : 20
14: help using torrent client...................................... : 18
15: Wanted - Quick Reference Guide................................. : 17
16: Xfce thinks local time is GMT.................................. : 17
17: Statistics for alt.os.linux.mandriva........................... : 15
18: Partitioning External HD, etc.................................. : 14
19: Free 2009 - Missing files...................................... : 14
20: USB Pen-Drive Icon?............................................ : 13

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Top 1 cross-posted groups
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1: alt.os.linux.mandrake............................. ............. : 3

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Top 10 User Agents by poster
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1: KNode............................................. ............. : 13
2: Pan............................................... ............. : 11
3: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (X11...................................... : 8
4: slrn.............................................. ............. : 7
5: G2................................................ ............. : 4
6: Unknown........................................... ............. : 4
7: Forte Agent............................................. ....... : 3
8: Gnus.............................................. ............. : 2
9: nn................................................ ............. : 2
10: Microsoft Mail 8.0.4509-dev.................................... : 1

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Top 10 User Agents by number of posts
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1: Pan............................................... ........ : 77 (25%)
2: slrn.............................................. ........ : 68 (22%)
3: KNode............................................. ........ : 53 (17%)
4: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (X11................................. : 32 (10%)
5: Opera Mail.............................................. .. : 21 ( 7%)
6: nn................................................ ........ : 14 ( 5%)
7: Forte Agent............................................. .. : 10 ( 3%)
8: Mozilla........................................... ........ : 9 ( 3%)
9: Gnus.............................................. ........ : 6 ( 2%)
10: G2................................................ ........ : 6 ( 2%)

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Top 10 time zones
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1: UTC............................................... ............. : 170
2: -0500.............................................. ............ : 53
3: +0100............................................. ............. : 36
4: +1100............................................. ............. : 20
5: -0600.............................................. ............ : 14
6: -0800.............................................. ............ : 8
7: -0800 (PST)............................................. ....... : 6
8: +1030............................................. ............. : 3

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