Statistics for alt.os.linux.mandriva

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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: 244 over 7 days
Earliest article: Fri Oct 26 22:25:06 2007
Latest article: Fri Nov 2 20:25:26 2007
Original articles: 45, replies: 199
Total size of posts: 536,265 bytes (523K) (0.51M)
Average 34 articles per day, 0.07 MB per day, 2,197 bytes per article
Total headers: 279 KB bodies: 244 KB
Body text - quoted: 103 KB, original: 124 KB = 54.59%, sigs: 14 KB
Total number of posters: 75, average 7,150 bytes per poster
Total number of threads: 54, average 9,930 bytes per thread
Total number of User-Agents: 32

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Top 20 posters by number of articles
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1: Bit Twister <BitTwister.DeleteThis@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 20
2: Wes Newell <w.newell.DeleteThis@TAKEOUTverizon.net>....................... : 14
3: Maurice Batey <maurice.DeleteThis@bcs.removethis.org.uk>.................. : 13
4: Unruh <unruh-spam.DeleteThis@physics.ubc.ca>.............................. : 11
5: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins.DeleteThis@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 10
6: "Flip Wilson" <Rightback.DeleteThis@cha.com>.............................. : 10
7: Jim Beard <jim.beard.DeleteThis@verizon.net>.............................. : 10
8: lordy <spam.DeleteThis@lordy.org.ukinvalid>............................... : 9
9: JTJersey <JT3.DeleteThis@aplace.com>...................................... : 7
10: Marlene <dontcare.DeleteThis@notplaying.org>.............................. : 6
11: Ron Gibson <rsgibson.DeleteThis@verizon.net>.............................. : 6
12: santo <nanci.DeleteThis@auroville.invalid.org>............................ : 6
13: foo <foo@foo>.................................................. : 5
14: Bob H <bob.DeleteThis@despammer.com>...................................... : 5
15: "Robert M. Riches Jr." <spamtrap42.DeleteThis@verizon.net>................ : 5
16: ibuprofin.DeleteThis@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 5
17: ray <ray.DeleteThis@zianet.com>........................................... : 4
18: Dariusz <Dariusz.DeleteThis@t.p>.......................................... : 4
19: chris gareau <ax.DeleteThis@bx.cx>........................................ : 4
20: Tim <homebrandcola.DeleteThis@yahoo.com>.................................. : 4

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Top 20 posters by article size in Kbytes
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1: Bit Twister <BitTwister.DeleteThis@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 34
2: Wes Newell <w.newell.DeleteThis@TAKEOUTverizon.net>....................... : 33
3: "Flip Wilson" <Rightback.DeleteThis@cha.com>.............................. : 31
4: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins.DeleteThis@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 27
5: ibuprofin.DeleteThis@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 23
6: Unruh <unruh-spam.DeleteThis@physics.ubc.ca>.............................. : 21
7: Maurice Batey <maurice.DeleteThis@bcs.removethis.org.uk>.................. : 21
8: Jim Beard <jim.beard.DeleteThis@verizon.net>.............................. : 21
9: JTJersey <JT3.DeleteThis@aplace.com>...................................... : 15
10: lordy <spam.DeleteThis@lordy.org.ukinvalid>............................... : 15
11: egh <eghoward.DeleteThis@gmail.com>....................................... : 14
12: Marlene <dontcare.DeleteThis@notplaying.org>.............................. : 13
13: Ron Gibson <rsgibson.DeleteThis@verizon.net>.............................. : 12
14: "Robert M. Riches Jr." <spamtrap42.DeleteThis@verizon.net>................ : 12
15: santo <nanci.DeleteThis@auroville.invalid.org>............................ : 12
16: Bob H <bob.DeleteThis@despammer.com>...................................... : 12
17: foo <foo@foo>.................................................. : 10
18: herman.viaene@thuis.be......................................... : 9
19: chris gareau <ax@bx.cx>........................................ : 9
20: Dariusz <Dariusz@t.p>.......................................... : 8

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Top 15 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
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1: Maurice Batey <maurice@bcs.removethis.org.uk>.................. : 86.90%
2: lordy <spam@lordy.org.ukinvalid>............................... : 82.96%
3: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 81.91%
4: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 69.55%
5: "Flip Wilson" <Rightback@cha.com>.............................. : 68.77%
6: foo <foo@foo>.................................................. : 66.26%
7: santo <nanci@auroville.invalid.org>............................ : 58.29%
8: "Robert M. Riches Jr." <spamtrap42@verizon.net>................ : 57.70%
9: Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 53.10%
10: Ron Gibson <rsgibson@verizon.net>.............................. : 50.59%
11: Marlene <dontcare@notplaying.org>.............................. : 48.17%
12: Wes Newell <w.newell@TAKEOUTverizon.net>....................... : 47.97%
13: Jim Beard <jim.beard@verizon.net>.............................. : 43.75%
14: JTJersey <JT3@aplace.com>...................................... : 37.60%
15: Bob H <bob@despammer.com>...................................... : 29.33%

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Bottom 15 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
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1: Unruh <unruh-spam@physics.ubc.ca>.............................. : 27.88%
2: Bob H <bob@despammer.com>...................................... : 29.33%
3: JTJersey <JT3@aplace.com>...................................... : 37.60%
4: Jim Beard <jim.beard@verizon.net>.............................. : 43.75%
5: Wes Newell <w.newell@TAKEOUTverizon.net>....................... : 47.97%
6: Marlene <dontcare@notplaying.org>.............................. : 48.17%
7: Ron Gibson <rsgibson@verizon.net>.............................. : 50.59%
8: Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 53.10%
9: "Robert M. Riches Jr." <spamtrap42@verizon.net>................ : 57.70%
10: santo <nanci@auroville.invalid.org>............................ : 58.29%
11: foo <foo@foo>.................................................. : 66.26%
12: "Flip Wilson" <Rightback@cha.com>.............................. : 68.77%
13: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 69.55%
14: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 81.91%
15: lordy <spam@lordy.org.ukinvalid>............................... : 82.96%

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Top 20 threads by no. of articles
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1: IDE Controller Card not detected in 2007 Spring................ : 20
2: Where's csh?................................................... : 17
3: Can't connect to www.mandriva.com.............................. : 12
4: I need more space.............................................. : 11
5: unable to play audio CDs....................................... : 10
6: NEWBIE:added Ubuntu but it won't load.......................... : 10
7: 2008.0 PWP install media (removable)........................... : 9
8: kppp........................................................... : 9
9: Problem mounting hard drive and file permissions............... : 8
10: Issue with Pan Newsreader...................................... : 7
11: [OT] Verizon DNS hijacking www.<non-existent-domain>........... : 7
12: email address ???.............................................. : 6
13: Update icon lost............................................... : 6
14: Mandriva 2008.0 PowerPack...................................... : 6
15: unknown codec 'aac' ?.......................................... : 6
16: e-mail clients................................................. : 5
17: Mandriva One and Free Mandriva................................. : 5
18: help setting up vmware......................................... : 5
19: Favorite command-line solutions?............................... : 5
20: Starting Firefox in hidden mode................................ : 5

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Top 20 threads by size in KB
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1: IDE Controller Card not detected in 2007 Spring................ : 59
2: Where's csh?................................................... : 34
3: kppp........................................................... : 31
4: NEWBIE:added Ubuntu but it won't load.......................... : 28
5: I need more space.............................................. : 24
6: unable to play audio CDs....................................... : 22
7: 2008.0 PWP install media (removable)........................... : 20
8: Can't connect to www.mandriva.com.............................. : 18
9: [OT] Verizon DNS hijacking www.<non-existent-domain>........... : 17
10: Problem mounting hard drive and file permissions............... : 17
11: Issue with Pan Newsreader...................................... : 15
12: Mandriva One 2008 KDE, drifting slowly away.................... : 13
13: unknown codec 'aac' ?.......................................... : 11
14: Mandriva 2008.0 PowerPack...................................... : 10
15: help setting up vmware......................................... : 10
16: Software mgmt keeps asking for the installer disk when it's the : 10
17: Update icon lost............................................... : 10
18: e-mail clients................................................. : 9
19: Starting Firefox in hidden mode................................ : 9
20: Mdv 2008 suspend pkg--NOT on a laptop.......................... : 8

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Top 3 cross-posted groups
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1: alt.religion.christianity...................................... : 1
2: alt.religion.scientology....................................... : 1
3: alt.fan.landmark............................................... : 1

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Top 10 User Agents by poster
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1: KNode.......................................................... : 21
2: Pan............................................................ : 13
3: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11....................................... : 7
4: Mozilla........................................................ : 7
5: slrn........................................................... : 6
6: pan............................................................ : 4
7: Unknown........................................................ : 3
8: G2............................................................. : 2
9: Forte Agent.................................................... : 2
10: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (X11....................................... : 2

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Top 10 User Agents by number of posts
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1: Pan....................................................... : 55 (23%)
2: slrn...................................................... : 42 (17%)
3: KNode..................................................... : 38 (16%)
4: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11.................................. : 19 ( 8%)
5: pan....................................................... : 16 ( 7%)
6: Mozilla................................................... : 12 ( 5%)
7: nn........................................................ : 11 ( 5%)
8: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (X11.................................. : 11 ( 5%)
9: Opera Mail................................................ : 10 ( 4%)
10: unknown................................................... : 7 ( 3%)

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Top 10 time zones
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1: UTC............................................................ : 139
2: -0500.......................................................... : 27
3: +0100.......................................................... : 21
4: -0400.......................................................... : 18
5: +1100.......................................................... : 10
6: -0700.......................................................... : 8
7: -0300.......................................................... : 6
8: -0600.......................................................... : 4
9: +0500.......................................................... : 4
10: +0200.......................................................... : 4

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