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+# usestats
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+**usestats** generates statistics about newsgroups by analysing existing postings and creating various reports.
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+## Description
+
+On Usenet, the generation of statistics about newsgroups and their participants was en vogue for quite some time. The number of postings per month or day or per participant, the number of postings with a specific subject, the popularity of newsreaders used and the number of users per newsreader were counted.
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+**usestats** is one of the scripts that can be used to generate such statistics.
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+## More information
+
+Please see the [distribution page](https://th-h.de/net/software/usestats/) (in German).
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