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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 Jan 30 21:25:05 2009
Latest article: Fri Feb 6 21:02:03 2009
Original articles: 26, replies: 174
Total size of posts: 566,669 bytes (553K) (0.54M)
Average 28 articles per day, 0.08 MB per day, 2,833 bytes per article
Total headers: 253 KB bodies: 299 KB
Body text - quoted: 103 KB, original: 175 KB = 62.91%, sigs: 19 KB
Total number of posters: 52, average 10,897 bytes per poster
Total number of threads: 37, average 15,315 bytes per thread
Total number of User-Agents: 16

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Top 20 posters by number of articles
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1: "Peter D." <psd@live.home.invalid>........................... .. : 22
2: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 17
3: Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 16
4: Maurice Batey <maurice@nomail.afraid.org>..................... . : 12
5: Robert Riches <spamtrap42@verizon.net>........................ . : 8
6: Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid>..................... ..... : 8
7: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 7
8: Alan Secker <alan@asandco.co.uk>.............................. . : 7
9: "Daniel47@teranews.com" <dxmm@albury.nospam.net.au>............ : 7
10: Markus =??B?Ui4gS2XDn2xlcg==?= <dimke.fax@uni.de>.............. : 6
11: TJ <TJ@invalid.invalid>.............................. .......... : 5
12: Warren Post <wpost@hondutel.hn>............................... . : 5
13: Pierre Pallier <mon_reply_to@nest-pas.invalid>................. : 4
14: "Mike Easter" <MikeE@ster.invalid>............................ . : 4
15: Doug Laidlaw <doug@dougshost.invalid>........................ .. : 4
16: Adam <adam@address.invalid>............................ ........ : 4
17: Frank Peelo <f32pnospam@eircom.net>........................... . : 4
18: Keith Lee <klee@nowhere.net>................................ ... : 4
19: Eric <erbenton@comcast.net>............................ ........ : 3
20: Dale <dwinters6@verizon.net>........................... ........ : 3

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Top 20 posters by article size in Kbytes
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1: "Peter D." <psd@live.home.invalid>........................... .. : 54
2: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 51
3: Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid>..................... ..... : 33
4: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 33
5: Adam <adam@address.invalid>............................ ........ : 31
6: Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 29
7: "Thai C. Stacy" <rstacy6@tampabay.rr.com.invalid>.............. : 23
8: Maurice Batey <maurice@nomail.afraid.org>..................... . : 23
9: Andrew Ed <?@?.com>......................................... ... : 19
10: Alan Secker <alan@asandco.co.uk>.............................. . : 18
11: "Daniel47@teranews.com" <dxmm@albury.nospam.net.au>............ : 16
12: Warren Post <wpost@hondutel.hn>............................... . : 15
13: TJ <TJ@invalid.invalid>.............................. .......... : 14
14: Robert Riches <spamtrap42@verizon.net>........................ . : 14
15: alt.os.linux.mandriva Stats <usenet@capuchin.co.uk>............ : 14
16: Markus =??B?Ui4gS2XDn2xlcg==?= <dimke.fax@uni.de>.............. : 11
17: Andrew Ed <andrewedmondson@btinternet.com>.................. ... : 11
18: "Mike Easter" <MikeE@ster.invalid>............................ . : 10
19: Frank Peelo <f32pnospam@eircom.net>........................... . : 9
20: Jim Beard <jdbeard@patriot.net>............................. ... : 9

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Top 11 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
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1: Warren Post <wpost@hondutel.hn>............................... . : 85.53%
2: Maurice Batey <maurice@nomail.afraid.org>..................... . : 81.25%
3: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 73.17%
4: Robert Riches <spamtrap42@verizon.net>........................ . : 65.56%
5: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 65.53%
6: Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 64.94%
7: Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid>..................... ..... : 62.51%
8: TJ <TJ@invalid.invalid>.............................. .......... : 61.34%
9: Markus =??B?Ui4gS2XDn2xlcg==?= <dimke.fax@uni.de>.............. : 55.51%
10: "Peter D." <psd@live.home.invalid>........................... .. : 43.69%
11: "Daniel47@teranews.com" <dxmm@albury.nospam.net.au>............ : 38.41%

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Bottom 11 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
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1: Alan Secker <alan@asandco.co.uk>.............................. . : 24.24%
2: "Daniel47@teranews.com" <dxmm@albury.nospam.net.au>............ : 38.41%
3: "Peter D." <psd@live.home.invalid>........................... .. : 43.69%
4: Markus =??B?Ui4gS2XDn2xlcg==?= <dimke.fax@uni.de>.............. : 55.51%
5: TJ <TJ@invalid.invalid>.............................. .......... : 61.34%
6: Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid>..................... ..... : 62.51%
7: Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 64.94%
8: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 65.53%
9: Robert Riches <spamtrap42@verizon.net>........................ . : 65.56%
10: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 73.17%
11: Maurice Batey <maurice@nomail.afraid.org>..................... . : 81.25%

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Top 20 threads by no. of articles
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1: Web editor with css support?................................... : 24
2: UUIDs and LABLEs during installation........................... : 19
3: Instalation problem was Re: Recording my Records............... : 14
4: 'Printing' to a pdf file....................................... : 13
5: Mouse Ergonomics, Backups, etc................................. : 13
6: Startup Error Message.......................................... : 11
7: verizon email............................................. ..... : 10
8: tovid............................................. ............. : 9
9: Receiving ATSC DTV............................................. : 9
10: esmtp outbound email to verizon hangs.......................... : 7
11: Shot the x-server - how to repair?............................. : 6
12: at has been "fixed"........................................... . : 6
13: Sound for wav's mp3 or video no longer working since installing : 5
14: lossing task bar............................................... : 5
15: Booting alternative distro..................................... : 5
16: What usb address format to use with NUT?....................... : 5
17: DVD Script 3.2, Wineserver, and floppy drive................... : 4
18: DVD takes 10-20 seconds to be seen, eject -t doesn't help...... : 4
19: dvd auto detect and sound strangeness, udev, HAL?.............. : 4
20: Recording my Records........................................... : 3

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Top 20 threads by size in KB
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1: Mouse Ergonomics, Backups, etc................................. : 87
2: UUIDs and LABLEs during installation........................... : 58
3: Web editor with css support?................................... : 43
4: Sound for wav's mp3 or video no longer working since installing : 43
5: Instalation problem was Re: Recording my Records............... : 31
6: Startup Error Message.......................................... : 30
7: 'Printing' to a pdf file....................................... : 26
8: Receiving ATSC DTV............................................. : 24
9: tovid............................................. ............. : 23
10: verizon email............................................. ..... : 21
11: Statistics for alt.os.linux.mandriva........................... : 14
12: Shot the x-server - how to repair?............................. : 12
13: Recording my Records........................................... : 11
14: Sound for wav's mp3 or video no longer working since installing : 11
15: esmtp outbound email to verizon hangs.......................... : 11
16: at has been "fixed"........................................... . : 10
17: dvd auto detect and sound strangeness, udev, HAL?.............. : 10
18: What usb address format to use with NUT?....................... : 8
19: Booting alternative distro..................................... : 8
20: DVD Script 3.2, Wineserver, and floppy drive................... : 7

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

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Top 10 User Agents by poster
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1: Pan............................................... ............. : 12
2: KNode............................................. ............. : 11
3: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11...................................... : 6
4: slrn.............................................. ............. : 5
5: Forte Agent............................................. ....... : 4
6: Mozilla........................................... ............. : 4
7: Gnus.............................................. ............. : 1
8: G2................................................ ............. : 1
9: nn................................................ ............. : 1
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: KNode............................................. ........ : 60 (30%)
2: Pan............................................... ........ : 34 (17%)
3: slrn.............................................. ........ : 34 (17%)
4: Opera Mail.............................................. .. : 17 ( 8%)
5: Mozilla........................................... ........ : 14 ( 7%)
6: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11................................. : 14 ( 7%)
7: Forte Agent............................................. .. : 7 ( 4%)
8: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11................................. : 4 ( 2%)
9: 40tude_Dialog..................................... ........ : 4 ( 2%)
10: Outlook Express........................................... : 4 ( 2%)

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Top 10 time zones
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1: UTC............................................... ............. : 75
2: -0500.............................................. ............ : 42
3: +1100............................................. ............. : 33
4: +0100............................................. ............. : 25
5: -0600.............................................. ............ : 14
6: -0800.............................................. ............ : 8
7: +1300............................................. ............. : 2
8: -0800 (PST)............................................. ....... : 1

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