User Agents Analysis Report

Test Report
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Here follows a small report on News Reading Agents being used by our
posters to this group:

Newsreader Posts Percent
------------------------------------------------- ------ -------
Unknown (missing or not specified) 120 77.92 %
Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 11 7.14 %
NN version 6.5.0 CURRENT #125 6 3.90 %
Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 5 3.25 %
Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 4 2.60 %
Forte Free Agent 1.21/32.243 2 1.30 %
TIN [version 1.2 PL2.6] 2 1.30 %
Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 1 0.65 %
xrn 9.02 1 0.65 %
Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 1 0.65 %
Forte Agent 1.91/32.564 1 0.65 %

Total 154 articles were processed.

The above was just a test report, we can and, or shall automate this for
most of the Linux discussion groups if the readers request to do so.

"Dr Balwinder Singh Dheeman" <bsd@cto.homelinux.net> wrote in message
news:mv7102-bt1.ln1@news.sebs.org.in

> The above was just a test report, we can and, or shall automate this
> for most of the Linux discussion groups if the readers request to do
> so.

It's already being done for many of the Linux newsgroups, e.g.
news:mOfUEKIqnxtvs@news.heiming.de

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On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 19:46:54 +0530, Dr Balwinder Singh Dheeman wrote:
>
>
> Here follows a small report on News Reading Agents being used by our
> posters to this group:
>
> Newsreader Posts Percent
> ------------------------------------------------- ------ -------
> Unknown (missing or not specified) 120 77.92 %

> Total 154 articles were processed.

Or, looking closer to get more "known," of the last 436,

22 Unknown
61 Organization: http://groups.google.com
29 User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.0 (Linux)
23 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437
21 User-Agent: KNode/0.7.7
17 User-Agent: Xnews/5.04.25
15 X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 CURRENT #125
15 User-Agent: Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) XEmacs/21.4 (Portable Code, linux)
14 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1
12 User-Agent: tin/1.7.5-20040615 ("Gighay") (UNIX) (Linux/2.6.7-bk15 (i686))
12 User-Agent: KNode/0.7.2
11 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409
11 User-Agent: Pan/0.14.2.91 (As She Crawled Across the Table)
9 X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 2.0/32.646
9 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.3 (X11/20040803)
8 User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.3 (Linux)
7 User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux)
5 User-Agent: Pan/0.14.2 (This is not a psychotic episode. It's a cleansing moment of clarity.)
5 User-Agent: Pan/0.10.0 (Unix)
4 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180
4 X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.21/32.243
4 X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.8 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U)
4 User-Agent: Xnews/06.07.17
4 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7 (Windows/20040616)
4 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.3 (Windows/20040803)
4 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040625
4 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040113
3 X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English (American)
3 User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.0 (FreeBSD)
3 User-Agent: nn/6.6.5
3 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.2 (Windows/20040707)
3 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.1 (X11/20040626)
3 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5 (X11/20040306)
3 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5 (Windows/20040207)
3 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040114
3 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.1) Gecko/20040707
2 X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test74 (May 26, 2000)
2 X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2.6]
2 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200
2 User-Agent: Turnpike/6.02-S (<E0utCD8Xw3IXQW5z677XXvu+AT>)
2 User-Agent: tin/1.6.2-20030910 ("Pabbay") (UNIX) (Linux/2.6.5-7.95-smp (i686))
2 User-Agent: slrn/0.9.5.4 (UNIX)
2 User-Agent: Pan/0.14.2.91 (As She Crawled Across the Table (Debian GNU/Linux))
2 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.1 (X11/20040726)
2 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040616
2 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040809
2 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040805 Netscape/7.2
2 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4.2) Gecko/20040308
2 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows 98;)
2 User-Agent: KNode/0.7.1
2 User-Agent: 40tude_Dialog/2.0.10.1nl
1 X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001)
1 X-Newsreader: THOR 2.5a (Amiga;TCP/IP) *UNREGISTERED*
1 X-Newsreader: THOR 2.5a (Amiga;TCP/IP)
1 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700
1 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400
1 X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 2.0/32.652
1 X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.91/32.564
1 X-Newsreader: AspNNTP 1.50 (ezClassifieds.com)
1 X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.6.5 i686)
1 X-Admin: news@aol.com
1 User-Agent: tin/1.6.2-20030910 ("Pabbay") (UNIX) (Linux/2.6.7 (i686))
1 User-Agent: tin/1.6.1-20030810 ("Mingulay") (UNIX) (NetBSD/1.5.4_ALPHA (i386))
1 User-Agent: tin/1.4.7-20030322 ("Suggestions") (UNIX) (Linux/2.4.20 (i686))
1 User-Agent: tin/1.4.6-20020816 ("Aerials") (UNIX) (OpenBSD/3.3 (i386))
1 User-Agent: tin/1.4.2-20000205 ("Possession") (UNIX) (HP-UX/B.11.11 (9000/780))
1 User-Agent: tin/1.4.2-20000205 ("Possession") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/4.7-RELEASE (i386))
1 User-Agent: slrn/0.9.6.4 (Linux)
1 User-Agent: Pan/0.14.0 (I'm Being Nibbled to Death by Cats!)
1 User-Agent: Pan/0.13.4 (She had eyes like strange sins.)
1 User-Agent: Pan/0.11.4 (Unix)
1 User-Agent: nn/6.6.2
1 User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.4 (PPC Mac OS X)
1 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7 (X11/20040615)
1 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.3 (X11/20040813)
1 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.3 (X11/20040812)
1 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.6 (X11/20040519)
1 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5 (X11/20040308)
1 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040122 Debian/1.6-1
1 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040115
1 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; de-AT; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040413 Debian (better than Windows)/1.6-5
1 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007
1 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5b) Gecko/20030901 Thunderbird/0.2
1 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax)
1 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040616
1 User-Agent: Mailgate Web Server
1 User-Agent: KNode/0.7.6
1 User-Agent: Gnus (Xemacs)
1 User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux)
1 User-Agent: Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux)
1 User-Agent: 40tude_Dialog/2.0.12.1
1 User-Agent: 40tude_Dialog/2.0.10.1

On 2004-08-26, Dr Balwinder Singh Dheeman <bsd@cto.homelinux.net> wrote:
> Test Report
> -----------
>
> Here follows a small report on News Reading Agents being used by our
> posters to this group:
>
> Newsreader Posts Percent
> ------------------------------------------------- ------ -------
> Unknown (missing or not specified) 120 77.92 %
> Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 11 7.14 %
> NN version 6.5.0 CURRENT #125 6 3.90 %
> Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 5 3.25 %
> Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 4 2.60 %
> Forte Free Agent 1.21/32.243 2 1.30 %
> TIN [version 1.2 PL2.6] 2 1.30 %
> Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 1 0.65 %
> xrn 9.02 1 0.65 %
> Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 1 0.65 %
> Forte Agent 1.91/32.564 1 0.65 %
>
> Total 154 articles were processed.

That's alot of MS for a Linux newsgroup. How many read news by way of
a direct netcat connection to the nntp server? :P


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jayjwa wrote:
> On 2004-08-26, Dr Balwinder Singh Dheeman <bsd@cto.homelinux.net> wrote:
>
>>Test Report
>>-----------
>>
>>Here follows a small report on News Reading Agents being used by our
>>posters to this group:
>>
>> Newsreader Posts Percent
>> ------------------------------------------------- ------ -------
>> Unknown (missing or not specified) 120 77.92 %
>> Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 11 7.14 %
>> NN version 6.5.0 CURRENT #125 6 3.90 %
>> Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 5 3.25 %
>> Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 4 2.60 %
>> Forte Free Agent 1.21/32.243 2 1.30 %
>> TIN [version 1.2 PL2.6] 2 1.30 %
>> Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 1 0.65 %
>> xrn 9.02 1 0.65 %
>> Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 1 0.65 %
>> Forte Agent 1.91/32.564 1 0.65 %
>>
>>Total 154 articles were processed.
>
>
> That's alot of MS for a Linux newsgroup. How many read news by way of
> a direct netcat connection to the nntp server? :P
>
>

Many people read and post the news at work, where they are obligated
to use Windoze. Besides this there's a 78 per cent Unknown, that should
obviously be a lot of them Linux readers. Without knowing this 78 per
cent it's difficult to say if too many people is posting to this group
from Windoze.


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