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 11 23.3 David Efflandt efflandt@xnet.com
2 11 19.5 Alan Connor zzzzzz@xxx.yyy
3 7 13.6 Jem Berkes jem@users.pc9__org
4 7 10.7 James Knott bit_bucket@rogers.com
5 6 14.9 2boxers 2boxers_at_comast_dot_net
6 6 13.9 ynotssor "ynotssor"
7 6 13.6 Dave {Reply Address in. noone$$@llondel.org
8 5 16.5 Jean-Luc BEAUDET beaudet@cyber.kodak.com
9 5 12.6 Lyle H. Gray gray@no.spam.cs.umass.edu
10 5 11.1 john news-1xxnospam@bpond.dnsa
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69 149.6 Total for top 10

Totals for the newsgroup:
191 posters
357 articles
737.6 kbytes

The top 10 accounted for:
5.2% of the posters
19.3% of the articles
20.3% of the bytes

Averages:
1.9 articles / poster
2.1 kbytes / article
3.9 kbytes / poster

129 people posted for the first time this period.
They went on to post 193 articles altogether

The new posters accounted for:
67.5% of the posters
54.1% of the articles
54.8% of the bytes


Top 10 subjects for the period:

posts kbytes subject
25 66.9 Sites that block dynamic/dialups
14 22.5 Dynamic Network Addresses
12 22.3 programming serial port
11 34.9 Using a linux server as a firewall
8 15.5 Confused about DHCPCD
7 15.3 Redhat 9: Can ping, Can lookup names, Can ftp, Can Not browse h
7 13.2 Giving others secure access to my private network.
7 11.1 Public DNS
7 11.1 How can I measure the network load ?
7 10.2 Getting stats from an apache server

357 articles on 131 subjects
251 were followups (70.3%)
69 were crossposts (19.3%)

737.1 kbytes total
headers: 341.7kb 46.4%
quoted text: 147.8kb 20.1%
original text: 233.1kb 31.6%
signatures: 14.5kb 2.0%

Averages:
2.7 articles / subject
2.1 kbytes / article
5.6 kbytes / subject

Top 10 Newsreader used (accumulated):

posts newsreader user
60 (16.8%) microsoft 34 17.8%
57 (16.0%) mozilla 34 17.8%
47 (13.2%) knode 21 11.0%
41 (11.5%) slrn 12 6.3%
26 (7.3%) pan 18 9.4%
23 (6.4%) forte 10 5.2%
16 (4.5%) xnews 5 2.6%
13 (3.6%) tin 9 4.7%
4 (1.1%) gnus 1 0.5%
2 (0.6%) nn 2 1.0%

17 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...