Re: aus.*

From	Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
Newsgroups	aus.tv, aus.computers, aus.legal
Subject	Re: aus.*
Date	2016-12-24 20:57 +0000
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['Late' response due to an extended holiday in your great country.]

On 7 Dec 2016, Je?us <j@j.net> wrote:
> On 7 Dec 2016 22:57:09 +1000, noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> wrote:
> 
> >Its been a little over 6 years since I worked for an ISP, but we had a 
> >usenet server (I was responsible for it)
> 
> May I ask as question I've been meaning to ask some Usenet admins?
> 
> It's long been my contention that many newsgroups have generally had a
> lot of lurkers, many more than most people realise. Maybe even *more*
> lurkers than actual posters (at least back in Usenet's heyday).
> 
> I don't know if this is something that was noticeable from the POV of
> an admin or even technically possible to check on. I base my
> contention purely on anecdotal evidence, and naturally it's been
> impossible for me to prove when people have questioned my contention.

  AFAIK, you got some answer on this, but not a very detailed one.

  Yes, a News Admin can get detailed stats on all newsreader (the
programs, not neccessarily the humans) operations like numbers of posts
read, number of posts posted, number of groups entered/exited, etc..

  If the News Server is configured to need a login, then these stats can
be tied to a particular login/user.

  In my previous life as a - part time - News Admin, I used these stats
to determine which groups (not) to carry, to set (non-)expiry times, to
justify the news server and my time to management, etc..

  N.B. What I described applies to the most common news server software
- INN (InternetNetNews) -, but also applies to most other news server
software.

  HTH.

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  Re: aus.* Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2016-12-06 21:46 +1100
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