[bionet.general] BioSci statistics from LISTSERV

HARPER@CSC.FI ("Robert Harper Finland", CSC) (02/13/91)

Here are some statistics of the number of mailings that have been
made to the BioSci lists on LISTSERV. The number of people who are
subscribed to the different lists and the total mail sent since the
lists were established. There is an obvious trend that those lists that
have many subscribers are also the most active. Some lists are new lists
while others have been established for a considerable period of time.

It was rather a surprise to discover that LISTSERV has handled close
to HALF A MILLION messages. To amuse myself I imagined that there had 
been 1000 bounced mail messages (a gross over estimate) and then I 
worked out the percentage of bounced mail to the total.
It turns out to be 0.20189%... and this is what people remember:-)

                            No of      No of     Total
                           mailings     subs.     mail sent
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<HARPER.STATS>AGEING.STATREPT;1
Total (mail):                   24           4       96   
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<HARPER.STATS>AGFORST.STATREPT;1
Total (mail):                   56          48     2688  
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<HARPER.STATS>BIOJOBS.STATREPT;1
Total (mail):                  295          135    39825   
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<HARPER.STATS>BIOJRNL.STATREPT;1
Total (mail):                  202         128     25856 
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<HARPER.STATS>BIOMATR.STATREPT;1
Total (mail):                  124          55      6820
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<HARPER.STATS>BIONAUT.STATREPT;2
Total (mail):                  334         123     41082
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<HARPER.STATS>BIONEWS.STATREPT;2
Total (mail):                  819         187    153153 
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<HARPER.STATS>BIOSOFT.STATREPT;2
Total (mail):                  591         190    112290
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<HARPER.STATS>CHROM22.STATREPT;1
Total (mail):                    8           7        56
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<HARPER.STATS>EMBLDB.STATREPT;2
Total (mail):                   39          94      3666
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<HARPER.STATS>GENBANK.STATREPT;2
Total (mail):                  378          77     29106
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<HARPER.STATS>GENEORG.STATREPT;1
Total (mail):                   21          79      1659
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<HARPER.STATS>GNOMEPR.STATREPT;1
Total (mail):                  171          59     10089
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<HARPER.STATS>METHODS.STATREPT;2
Total (mail):                  352           84    29568
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<HARPER.STATS>MOLEVOL.STATREPT;1
Total (mail):                  115           84     9660
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<HARPER.STATS>POPBIO.STATREPT;1
Total (mail):                  153           93    14229
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<HARPER.STATS>PROTEIN.STATREPT;1
Total (mail):                   71          100     7100
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<HARPER.STATS>SCIRES.STATREPT;1
Total (mail):                  135           62      8370

Total mail distributed by LISTSERV to subscribers   495313
                                                          
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