Newsreaders used by alt.usage.english posters in 1997

The number to the left of each newsreader name is the number of different posters who used that newsreader during 1997. Click here to see additional explanation.

Other years:

1996

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2006

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1508	mozilla
472	forte free agent
399	microsoft internet news
373	tin
348	forte agent
111	turnpike version
99	microsoft outlook express
88	winvn
79	yet another newswatcher
75	news xpress
66	gnus
31	news xpress
30	nn
29	slrn
22	mt-newswatcher
21	trumpet for windows
21	microsoft internet mail and news for macintosh -
21	macsoup
19	ibm newsreader
14	aol offline reader
13	demon internet simple news
13	anawave gravity
11	knews
9	newsagent
8	zimacs
8	trn
7	value-added newswatcher
7	ant riscos marcel
6	xrn
6	microsoft internet mail
5	turnpike trial version
4	pcboard
4	newtnews
4	mnews
4	crosspoint
6	yarn
3	thor
3	quarterdeck message center
3	pminews
3	nuntius
3	newsrover
3	neologic news
3	internews
2	virtual access by ashmount research ltd
2	risc os newsbase
2	radicalnews
2	ncsa mosaic
2	microplanet gravity
2	gnnmessenger
1	yet another newswatcher
1	wmailto
1	weakly
1	virtual access
1	versaterm link
1	uka
1	turnpike
1	ttfn
1	spry news
1	snews
1	skim
1	rnmac
1	rainbow
1	quassia gnus
1	psychic newsreader
1	pluto
1	oui pb
1	offlite
1	nuntius
1	noticiasupv
1	notepad
1	newswin alpha
1	newswatcher-j
1	newswatcher for macintosh
1	netcplus netcetera ii -
1	netcomplete
1	mxrn
1	multi-threaded newswatcher
1	mini-host for windows
1	microdot-ii
1	microdot
1	messenger
1	mctv
1	lynx
1	hipmail
1	helldiver
1	gm
1	ftpnuz
1	feedme
1	expressnet
1	emtec news for os
1	cyberdog
1	cppnews
1	bml
1	bbusenet
1	archimedes ttfn
1	archimedes readnews
1	alamito mail and news manager
1	air news

Explanatory Remarks

How a Newsreader is Recognized

The counts are based on header lines with the following labels:

• x-mailer
• x-posting-agent
• x-http-user-agent
• x-newsreader
• user-agent

It's possible some newsreaders use other header lines to identify themselves. The ones I've listed are the ones I've been able to learn of. If anyone knows of a different header line that's used to identify his or her newsreader, I would appreciate being told about it.

Multiple newsreaders used by a poster

If a poster used more than one newsreader during the year, the script counts only the first one. The poster's name is ignored for the rest of the year after the first time it is found.