Stats comp.os.linux.networking (last 7 days)

Stats comp.os.linux.networking (last 7 days)


Top 10 posters for the period:

rank posts kbytes name address
1 43 123.7 Coenraad Loubser (E-Mail Removed)
2 13 31.1 Michael Heiming michael+(E-Mail Removed)
3 11 20.5 James Knott (E-Mail Removed)
4 8 22.1 prg (E-Mail Removed)
5 8 12.0 Davide Bianchi davideyeahsure@onlyforfun
6 7 14.0 Jarek Poplawski (E-Mail Removed)
7 6 23.7 /.. nnoossppaamm@nnoossppaamm
8 6 11.1 (E-Mail Removed) (E-Mail Removed)
9 6 10.8 David Schwartz (E-Mail Removed)
10 5 15.0 bram4 kraNOtchSPAMkov@inbPLEASE
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113 284.0 Total for top 10

Totals for the newsgroup:
133 posters
325 articles
760.3 kbytes

The top 10 accounted for:
7.5% of the posters
34.8% of the articles
37.4% of the bytes

Averages:
2.4 articles / poster
2.3 kbytes / article
5.7 kbytes / poster

86 people posted for the first time this period.
They went on to post 149 articles altogether

The new posters accounted for:
64.7% of the posters
45.8% of the articles
45.5% of the bytes


Top 10 subjects for the period:

posts kbytes subject
37 83.9 Does Linux provides everything what Windows OS provides?
14 25.8 DNS requests switch from UDP to TCP
12 39.1 ADSL Router - PPP Half Bridge mode background info & Help!
12 31.6 network card configuration
12 23.3 Samba and Gigabit Ethernet
11 25.9 Wireless sniffing
9 23.8 Networking Help
9 21.1 How to remotely connect to linux machine and then use GUI softw
8 14.4 VPN woes: telnet OK, ftp put OK, ftp get hangs
6 17.8 3com 3c509c-tpo problem ...

325 articles on 91 subjects
245 were followups (75.4%)
15 were crossposts (4.6%)

759.3 kbytes total
headers: 341.5kb 45.0%
quoted text: 171.1kb 22.5%
original text: 233.7kb 30.8%
signatures: 13.0kb 1.7%

Averages:
3.6 articles / subject
2.3 kbytes / article
8.3 kbytes / subject

Postings per weekday:

Day posts
Monday 40 ****
Tuesday 53 *****
Wednesday 48 ****
Thursday 59 *****
Friday 71 *******
Saturday 28 **
Sunday 25 **
(*=10 posts)

Top 10 Newsreader used (accumulated):

posts newsreader user
100 (30.8%) mozilla 30 22.6%
63 (19.4%) g2 39 29.3%
35 (10.8%) slrn 12 9.0%
20 (6.2%) tin 4 3.0%
20 (6.2%) knode 8 6.0%
19 (5.8%) microsoft 8 6.0%
16 (4.9%) pan 6 4.5%
12 (3.7%) forte 5 3.8%
5 (1.5%) xnews 5 3.8%
3 (0.9%) turnpike 1 0.8%

18 different newsreader have been used (versions unaccounted).

DISCLAIMER
Please, take the stats with a dash of salt,
quantity might not always imply quality.

Have a lot of fun...