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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: 249 over 7 days
Earliest article: Fri Feb 29 21:25:06 2008
Latest article: Fri Mar 7 21:02:11 2008
Original articles: 33, replies: 216
Total size of posts: 600,925 bytes (586K) (0.57M)
Average 35 articles per day, 0.08 MB per day, 2,413 bytes per article
Total headers: 314 KB bodies: 272 KB
Body text - quoted: 108 KB, original: 148 KB = 57.67%, sigs: 14 KB
Total number of posters: 63, average 9,538 bytes per poster
Total number of threads: 47, average 12,785 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: Bit Twister ...................... : 40
2: "David W. Hodgins" ............... : 28
3: Maurice Batey .................. : 17
4: Doug Laidlaw .......................... : 13
5: Jim Beard .............................. : 13
6: Eric .................................. : 10
7: Daniel ............................. : 9
8: Frank Dreyfus ............................... : 9
9: "Peter D." ............................. : 8
10: "mr.b" ............................................ : 6
11: Rich ...................................... : 6
12: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 6
13: Al ................................. : 4
14: TJ ........................................ : 4
15: James Kerr .............................. : 4
16: Frank Peelo ............................ : 4
17: Walter Mautner ........ : 3
18: Unruh .............................. : 3
19: "Scott B." ............................ : 3
20: "Robert M. Riches Jr." ................ : 3

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Top 20 posters by article size in Kbytes
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1: Bit Twister ...................... : 92
2: "David W. Hodgins" ............... : 61
3: Daniel ............................. : 39
4: Doug Laidlaw .......................... : 33
5: Maurice Batey .................. : 31
6: Jim Beard .............................. : 30
7: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 25
8: Eric .................................. : 22
9: "Peter D." ............................. : 22
10: Frank Dreyfus ............................... : 15
11: Rich ...................................... : 13
12: alt.os.linux.mandriva Stats ............ : 13
13: TJ ........................................ : 9
14: "mr.b" ............................................ : 8
15: "Robert M. Riches Jr." ................ : 8
16: Walter Mautner ........ : 8
17: Al ................................. : 7
18: Frank Peelo ............................ : 7
19: James Kerr .............................. : 7
20: Dan C ............................ : 6

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Top 11 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
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1: Frank Dreyfus ............................... : 86.37%
2: Maurice Batey .................. : 78.07%
3: "David W. Hodgins" ............... : 76.01%
4: "mr.b" ............................................ : 69.68%
5: Bit Twister ...................... : 65.82%
6: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 61.49%
7: Jim Beard .............................. : 53.66%
8: Rich ...................................... : 50.97%
9: "Peter D." ............................. : 46.91%
10: Doug Laidlaw .......................... : 45.96%
11: Eric .................................. : 41.61%

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Bottom 11 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
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1: Daniel ............................. : 37.31%
2: Eric .................................. : 41.61%
3: Doug Laidlaw .......................... : 45.96%
4: "Peter D." ............................. : 46.91%
5: Rich ...................................... : 50.97%
6: Jim Beard .............................. : 53.66%
7: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 61.49%
8: Bit Twister ...................... : 65.82%
9: "mr.b" ............................................ : 69.68%
10: "David W. Hodgins" ............... : 76.01%
11: Maurice Batey .................. : 78.07%

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Top 20 threads by no. of articles
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1: Turn off upnp in all routers - IMPORTANT....................... : 21
2: Latest java update, now Firefox 2.0.0.12 has no java........... : 18
3: Partition & Backup Plan - How does this look to you?........... : 18
4: Upgrading from Beta 2 to R.C. 1................................ : 17
5: what pop3 daemon to use with postfix........................... : 13
6: Is it possible to read .docx files?............................ : 10
7: Getting my speed back.......................................... : 10
8: 2008.1 Spring RC1 is on mirrors................................ : 9
9: Using PPP to dial-in to ISP.................................... : 8
10: VIA High Definition Audio Controller snd_hda_intel driver?..... : 8
11: kernel upgrade follies......................................... : 8
12: laptop crash recovery with 2006................................ : 7
13: Bind can't find external hosts................................. : 7
14: Supergenpass.com.................................. ............. : 7
15: NZB - Usenet improvement or abonimation?....................... : 6
16: RPM & URPMI broken, can't install anything..................... : 5
17: Strange language on menu bar................................... : 5
18: pop3/fetchmail problem......................................... : 5
19: URGENT - RC1 Cooks Nvidia 7950??............................... : 4
20: Privoxy -- PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT................................. : 4

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Top 20 threads by size in KB
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1: Turn off upnp in all routers - IMPORTANT....................... : 44
2: Partition & Backup Plan - How does this look to you?........... : 44
3: Upgrading from Beta 2 to R.C. 1................................ : 43
4: Using PPP to dial-in to ISP.................................... : 43
5: Latest java update, now Firefox 2.0.0.12 has no java........... : 39
6: Getting my speed back.......................................... : 28
7: VIA High Definition Audio Controller snd_hda_intel driver?..... : 26
8: what pop3 daemon to use with postfix........................... : 24
9: Is it possible to read .docx files?............................ : 20
10: 2008.1 Spring RC1 is on mirrors................................ : 20
11: NZB - Usenet improvement or abonimation?....................... : 15
12: RPM & URPMI broken, can't install anything..................... : 15
13: Bind can't find external hosts................................. : 15
14: kernel upgrade follies......................................... : 15
15: Statistics for alt.os.linux.mandriva........................... : 13
16: laptop crash recovery with 2006................................ : 13
17: Supergenpass.com.................................. ............. : 11
18: pop3/fetchmail problem......................................... : 9
19: Strange language on menu bar................................... : 9
20: 2008.1 cooker beta1 opinions................................... : 8

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Top 3 cross-posted groups
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1: alt.os.linux.mandrake............................. ............. : 5
2: alt.os.linux.slackware............................ ............. : 2
3: alt.os.linux.redhat............................... ............. : 2

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Top 10 User Agents by poster
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1: KNode............................................. ............. : 14
2: Pan............................................... ............. : 12
3: slrn.............................................. ............. : 7
4: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11....................................... : 6
5: G2................................................ ............. : 6
6: Mozilla........................................... ............. : 4
7: 40tude_Dialog..................................... ............. : 3
8: Outlook Express........................................... ..... : 3
9: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11...................................... : 1
10: Gnus.............................................. ............. : 1

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Top 10 User Agents by number of posts
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1: slrn.............................................. ........ : 56 (22%)
2: KNode............................................. ........ : 54 (22%)
3: Pan............................................... ........ : 40 (16%)
4: Opera Mail.............................................. .. : 28 (11%)
5: Mozilla........................................... ........ : 15 ( 6%)
6: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11................................. : 13 ( 5%)
7: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11.................................. : 11 ( 4%)
8: G2................................................ ........ : 9 ( 4%)
9: Xnews............................................. ........ : 9 ( 4%)
10: nn................................................ ........ : 3 ( 1%)

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Top 10 time zones
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1: UTC............................................... ............. : 136
2: -0500.............................................. ............ : 37
3: +1100............................................. ............. : 30
4: -0800.............................................. ............ : 16
5: -0600.............................................. ............ : 14
6: -0800 (PST)............................................. ....... : 9
7: +0100............................................. ............. : 7

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