Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> did eloquently scribble:
> Larry, there isn't much point in replying to flamebait. See the previous
> couple of threads, both initiated by the same person in the past 24 hours.
>
> Newsgroups statistics are nothing new. There are many scripts lying about
> (some public, some private) for mailing lists as well. You can search the
> Net and post stats to your favourite groups/lists.
Oh, you could write one yourself...
I did a couple in perl a while back. (couple of years ago)
User Number of Posts
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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 409
"DFS" <nospam@xxxxxxxx> 223
The Ghost In The Machine <ewill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 213
Linonut <linonut@xxxxxxxx> 158
Sinister Midget <sinister@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 125
Erik Funkenbusch <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 117
flatfish+++ <flatfish@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 104
Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx> 99
M <ihatespam.0.a101888@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 96
JEDIDIAH <jedi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 92
User Agent Number of Posts
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slrn 1024
knode 941
pan 550
g 479
microsoft outlook express 394
thunderbird 159
mozilla thunderbird (total) 149
mozilla thunderbird for Unknown 149
135
forte agent 135
mt-newswatcher 135
(the second one just reads the X-User-Agent, X-Newsreader and references
lines to detect the reader used. pine puts its ID in the reference, but not
in the user agent or newsreader lines)
I only wrote them as an excuse to learn a bit of perl.
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