[OSM-talk] lists and # of subscribers

[Tobias Knerr]

Alex S. wrote:
>> I often find myself wondering how many are subscribed to the various
>> osm lists. 
> [..]
>> Is this information that can be easily extracted from mailman[..]?
> 
> No..  Many people (including myself) subscribe to the lists through a 
> gateway like gmane.org, so those numbers are off.

Even if the number of subscribers is slightly flawed, it would still be
able to show *relative* list size (talk_a is six times larger than
talk_b) and growth (we now have 50 % more subscribers) - if we assume
that the percentage of gateway users doesn't vary wildly.

Tobias Knerr