Re: Postgres mail list traffic over time

On Thu, 2008-11-20 at 23:46 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> "Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> > I know that my email (I am pretty sure I am subscribed to at least as
> > many lists as you) has been on a steady incline, especially through
> > -general and -hackers.
>
> I would have said the same, which is why I find it noteworthy that
> my mail logs don't seem to support that impression. Have you got
> actual log data on the point?

I purge my postgresql logs except for some specific ones (like PGFG).
however, I have the entire archives.postgresql.org.

pgsql-hackers (since inception, 1997), first line date, second line
number of messages.

1997-01
939
1997-02
300
1997-03
534
1997-04
865
1997-05
484
1997-06
601
1997-07
392
1997-08
399
1997-09
579
1997-10
594
1997-11
381
1997-12
351
1998-01
870
1998-02
1326
1998-03
1121
1998-04
707
1998-05
632
1998-06
493
1998-07
490
1998-08
867
1998-09
675
1998-10
1221
1998-11
609
1998-12
600
1999-01
769
1999-02
699
1999-03
1008
1999-04
217
1999-05
1155
1999-06
1241
1999-07
1052
1999-08
705
1999-09
945
1999-10
962
1999-11
929
1999-12
1065
2000-01
1688
2000-02
1460
2000-03
288
2000-04
187
2000-05
1686
2000-06
1283
2000-07
1477
2000-08
890
2000-09
642
2000-10
1320
2000-11
1419
2000-12
1234
2001-01
1469
2001-02
1178
2001-03
1708
2001-04
1181
2001-05
1478
2001-06
1151
2001-07
955
2001-08
1220
2001-09
921
2001-10
1165
2001-11
1318
2001-12
970
2002-01
1411
2002-02
1233
2002-03
1246
2002-04
1565
2002-05
1169
2002-06
1045
2002-07
1339
2002-08
2308
2002-09
1843
2002-10
1469
2002-11
1257
2002-12
1172
2003-01
1356
2003-02
1324
2003-03
1262
2003-04
1033
2003-05
812
2003-06
1316
2003-07
1068
2003-08
1373
2003-09
1695
2003-10
1631
2003-11
1643
2003-12
836
2004-01
878
2004-02
1017
2004-03
1352
2004-04
1177
2004-05
1495
2004-06
1025
2004-07
1430
2004-08
1620
2004-09
953
2004-10
1084
2004-11
1226
2004-12
963
2005-01
1116
2005-02
987
2005-03
1086
2005-04
1022
2005-05
1626
2005-06
1598
2005-07
1162
2005-08
1217
2005-09
1484
2005-10
1442
2005-11
1587
2005-12
1278
2006-01
1050
2006-02
1282
2006-03
1343
2006-04
1158
2006-05
1386
2006-06
1645
2006-07
1660
2006-08
2060
2006-09
2397
2006-10
1583
2006-11
1031
2006-12
1437
2007-01
1663
2007-02
1953
2007-03
1871
2007-04
1285
2007-05
1201
2007-06
1140
2007-07
1019
2007-08
1244
2007-09
1230
2007-10
1575
2007-11
1380
2007-12
1000
2008-01
1236
2008-02
1324
2008-03
1308
2008-04
1928
2008-05
1128
2008-06
1161
2008-07
1512
2008-08
1391
2008-09
1910
2008-10
1715
2008-11
1431

>
> regards, tom lane
>
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