| Most popular
newsreaders / news mailer programs (sorted by popularity)
The table below lists the 50 most
popular programs.
The reporting of
newsreaders was substantially improved as of the November 2001
report. It will be even more refined over the coming months as
the analysis of messages has been improved. In the coming
months, the number of <empty> or (blank) entries will decrease.
Effective with the report
for December 2001 (i.e., starting in January 2002), the analysis
first looks at the X-Newsreader header entry. If that is
empty, X-Mailer header
is used (locates Netscape 4.7x and implemented in
September 2000). If that is missing, the User-Agent header is
use. The user-agent field is popular with many programs
including various Unix (slrn, for example), Mac programs (Entourage,
MT Newswatcher), and Netscape 6. If that is empty, the
Organization header is used (finds postings from Google).
| Count
of From |
YYMM |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Newsreader |
200501 |
200502 |
200503 |
200504 |
200505 |
200506 |
Grand Total |
| Microsoft CDO for
Windows 2000 |
3,938 |
3,706 |
3,901 |
4,277 |
4,239 |
4,153 |
24,214 |
| Microsoft Outlook
Express 6.00 |
818 |
766 |
790 |
883 |
947 |
917 |
5,121 |
| G2 |
361 |
389 |
390 |
452 |
475 |
464 |
2,531 |
| ExcelTipForum |
4 |
128 |
10 |
2 |
278 |
1,029 |
1,451 |
| http://groups.google.com |
101 |
100 |
118 |
128 |
27 |
5 |
479 |
| vBulletin USENET gateway |
6 |
23 |
29 |
59 |
76 |
139 |
332 |
| http://www.OfficeKB.com |
30 |
45 |
41 |
66 |
52 |
62 |
296 |
| Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 |
41 |
36 |
39 |
55 |
44 |
54 |
269 |
| Forte Agent 2.0 |
32 |
39 |
37 |
40 |
47 |
35 |
230 |
| AspNNTP 1.50 |
40 |
31 |
38 |
31 |
25 |
27 |
192 |
| Mozilla/5.0 |
28 |
36 |
31 |
32 |
32 |
31 |
190 |
| Microsoft-Entourage/11.1 |
24 |
17 |
18 |
29 |
14 |
21 |
123 |
| Forte Agent 1.93 |
19 |
25 |
18 |
18 |
25 |
10 |
115 |
| Xnews/5.04 |
15 |
19 |
18 |
15 |
13 |
21 |
101 |
| Microsoft Outlook
Express 5.50 |
17 |
18 |
17 |
18 |
14 |
16 |
100 |
| Forte Free Agent 2.0 |
8 |
8 |
10 |
12 |
12 |
9 |
59 |
| Microsoft Outlook
Express 5.00 |
12 |
9 |
8 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
40 |
| Microsoft-Entourage/10.1 |
9 |
6 |
3 |
5 |
7 |
6 |
36 |
| www.talkaboutsoftware.com |
4 |
8 |
5 |
8 |
5 |
5 |
35 |
| Forte Agent 1.91 |
8 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
3 |
33 |
| Mozilla Thunderbird 0.9 |
12 |
3 |
6 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
31 |
| MT-NewsWatcher/3.4 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
3 |
31 |
| Forte Free Agent 1.93 |
13 |
4 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
31 |
| Forte Agent 1.92 |
7 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
30 |
| Virtual Access by
Atlantic Coast PLC, http://www.a |
5 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
27 |
| MicroPlanet-Gravity/2.60 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
7 |
3 |
27 |
| Opera M2 |
3 |
7 |
7 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
26 |
| Forte Free Agent 1.21 |
7 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
23 |
| Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 |
7 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
|
21 |
| XanaNews/1.17 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
7 |
19 |
| MCSE.MS usenet gateway |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
19 |
| Microsoft |
2 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
18 |
| 40tude_Dialog/2.0.15.1 |
|
2 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
14 |
| Pan/0.14 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
14 |
| MicroPlanet Gravity
v2.60 |
3 |
|
2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
12 |
| Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7 |
4 |
1 |
|
3 |
3 |
1 |
12 |
| Xnews/06.08 |
3 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
12 |
| mail2 |
|
|
1 |
6 |
4 |
|
11 |
| Forte Free Agent 1.11 |
|
4 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
10 |
| Mozilla 4.78 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
10 |
| News Rover 10.2 |
|
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
9 |
| Forte Agent 1.5 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
9 |
| tin/1.4 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
| Microsoft-Outlook-Express-Macintosh-Edition/5.0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
| Turnpike/6.04 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
|
|
9 |
| News Xpress 2.01 |
1 |
2 |
|
2 |
3 |
1 |
9 |
| Microsoft-Entourage/11.0 |
|
3 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
|
9 |
| Xnews/L5 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
8 |
| Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
|
1 |
1 |
8 |
| Unison/1.5 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
8 |
| Forte Agent 1.8 |
|
|
2 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
| Microsoft-Outlook-Express-Macintosh-Edition/5.02 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
|
3 |
|
8 |
| MT-NewsWatcher/3.1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
| MicroPlanet Gravity
v2.50 |
|
2 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
8 |
| Grand Total |
5,620 |
5,500 |
5,609 |
6,228 |
6,432 |
7,075 |
36,464 |
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