Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period, beginning at 27 Mar 2005 03:42:35 GMT and ending at
03 Apr 2005 02:01:45 GMT.
Notes ==== - A line in the body of a post is considered to be original if it does *not* match the regular expression /^\s{0,3}(?:>|:|\S+>|\+\+)/.
- All text after the last cut line (/^-- $/) in the body is considered to be the author's signature.
- The scanner prefers the Reply-To: header over the From: header in determining the "real" e-mail address and name.
- Original Content Rating (OCR) is the ratio of the original content volume to the total body volume.
- When no crossposting has taken place during the period of the stats people with 0 crossposts will reach the top ten crossposters.
- The stats are generated automatically every Sunday morning by a Cron script. The script is a modified version of the news-scan script available on CPAN and runs on a GNU/linux machine with Leafnode. It can also be used on a Windows machine with Cygwin and Hamster.
- Please send all comments or requests for copies of the script to Jonathan Bryce (jonathan at jbryce dot org dot uk).
Excluded Posters =============== see\@reply.to not\@home.com test\@test.test indiantravelcompany\@yahoo.co.uk bablebridge\@rediffmail.com asdlk\@aldk.com paranoidandroid\@donetreply.com goldengun\@yahoo.co.uk trash\@mbott.freeserve.co.uk \;alisjd\@alkdjf.com G.Gun\@yahoo.co.uk don'trep\@yahoo.com alisjd\@alkdjf.com qwelkrj\@yahoo.com mrgoldengunn\@hotmail.com theman\@goldengun.com harvery\@barvery.com quentinjone60\@hotmail.donotreply.com quentin60\@excite.co.uk noreply\@nomail.com cutbert_higginbottom70\@hotmail.com cuthbert\@donotreply.com Cuthbert\@Spam.donotreply.com cuthbert\@spamtrap.com harvey\@yahoo.com Harvey\@barvey.co.uk internet\@profile.ndo.co.uk quentin_jones60\@hotmailSPAM.com Harvey\@barvey.com harry_grims59\@hotmailSPAMTRAP.com glorybox\@thisisnotused.com glorbybox\@dontreply.com glorybox\@donotrespond.com moonface\@donotreply.com Jhamilton_59\@hotmail.com tinypost\@nobody.com LhB\@l8vLNKcm.com
Totals ===== Posters: 100 Articles: 303 (74 with cutlined signatures) Threads: 59 Volume generated: 704.5 kb - headers: 300.0 kb (5,196 lines) - bodies: 386.0 kb (9,976 lines) - original: 240.0 kb (6,650 lines) - signatures: 18.2 kb (808 lines)
Original Content Rating: 0.622
Averages ======= Posts per poster: 3.0 median: 1.0 post mode: 1 post - 56 posters s: 5.4 posts Posts per thread: 5.1 median: 2 posts mode: 1 post - 23 threads s: 8.0 posts Message size: 2380.9 bytes - header: 1013.7 bytes (17.1 lines) - body: 1304.5 bytes (32.9 lines) - original: 811.0 bytes (21.9 lines) - signature: 61.6 bytes (2.7 lines)
Top 10 Posters by Number of Posts ================================ (kb) (kb) (kb) (kb) Posts Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Address
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32 79.1 ( 40.2/ 38.9/ 19.7) "Tim" 27 95.2 ( 26.8/ 53.2/ 52.8) "Sir Jean-Paul Turcaud" 24 82.6 ( 29.1/ 53.5/ 30.2) Ronald Raygun 17 62.5 ( 17.6/ 44.9/ 18.6) "Andy Pandy" 12 22.8 ( 12.1/ 10.6/ 4.8) john boyle 12 21.7 ( 8.9/ 11.7/ 4.1) "Tumbleweed" 9 12.7 ( 7.6/ 5.0/ 3.4) snipped-for-privacy@privacy.net 6 9.9 ( 8.1/ 1.7/ 0.6) sawpit 6 9.0 ( 4.4/ 4.3/ 1.9) Terry Harper 5 7.2 ( 4.9/ 2.3/ 1.6) "Rob graham"
These posters accounted for 49.5% of all articles.
Top 10 Posters by Volume ======================= (kb) (kb) (kb) (kb) Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Address
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95.2 ( 26.8/ 53.2/ 52.8) 27 "Sir Jean-Paul Turcaud" 82.6 ( 29.1/ 53.5/ 30.2) 24 Ronald Raygun 79.1 ( 40.2/ 38.9/ 19.7) 32 "Tim" 62.5 ( 17.6/ 44.9/ 18.6) 17 "Andy Pandy" 22.8 ( 12.1/ 10.6/ 4.8) 12 john boyle 21.7 ( 8.9/ 11.7/ 4.1) 12 "Tumbleweed" 13.2 ( 4.4/ 8.5/ 6.7) 5 snipped-for-privacy@petersaxton.co.uk 12.7 ( 7.6/ 5.0/ 3.4) 9 snipped-for-privacy@privacy.net 11.7 ( 5.5/ 5.9/ 4.7) 5 "Troy Steadman" 10.8 ( 0.6/ 10.3/ 10.3) 1 The Centre for Newsgroup Research
These posters accounted for 58.5% of the total volume.
Top 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts) ============================================= (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Address
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0.992 ( 52.8 / 53.2) 27 "Sir Jean-Paul Turcaud"
0.788 ( 4.7 / 5.9) 5 "Troy Steadman"
0.785 ( 6.7 / 8.5) 5 snipped-for-privacy@petersaxton.co.uk
0.746 ( 2.3 / 3.1) 5 snipped-for-privacy@nospam.com
0.720 ( 2.5 / 3.5) 5 "Biscit"
0.694 ( 1.6 / 2.3) 5 "Rob graham"
0.684 ( 3.4 / 5.0) 9 snipped-for-privacy@privacy.net
0.653 ( 1.9 / 2.9) 5 "John Redman"
0.565 ( 30.2 / 53.5) 24 Ronald Raygun
0.507 ( 19.7 / 38.9) 32 "Tim"
Bottom 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts) ================================================ (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Address
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0.694 ( 1.6 / 2.3) 5 "Rob graham"
0.684 ( 3.4 / 5.0) 9 snipped-for-privacy@privacy.net
0.653 ( 1.9 / 2.9) 5 "John Redman"
0.565 ( 30.2 / 53.5) 24 Ronald Raygun
0.507 ( 19.7 / 38.9) 32 "Tim"
0.458 ( 4.8 / 10.6) 12 john boyle
0.435 ( 1.9 / 4.3) 6 Terry Harper
0.413 ( 18.6 / 44.9) 17 "Andy Pandy"
0.350 ( 4.1 / 11.7) 12 "Tumbleweed"
0.332 ( 0.6 / 1.7) 6 sawpit
Top 10 Threads by Number of Posts ================================ Posts Subject
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47 Compound intereset calculators - different results. 35 AUSTRALIA'S REAL COST OF ANOTHER DROUGHT YEAR 20 Securing a loan on a future inheritance 16 Take Home Pay, House Prices, Retail Sales - All Falling!! 16 A&L Premier Plus Current Account credit card 14 Nationwide mortgages - can they be trusted? 11 time for bonds? 11 Halifax's disappearing money scam 7 Identity theft? 7 MBNA emails - are they a good idea?
Top 10 Threads by Volume ======================= (kb) (kb) (kb) (kb) Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Subject
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172.3 ( 57.0/115.2/ 57.5) 47 Compound intereset calculators - different results. 79.1 ( 38.2/ 34.3/ 25.6) 35 AUSTRALIA'S REAL COST OF ANOTHER DROUGHT YEAR 35.8 ( 18.4/ 17.3/ 8.5) 20 Securing a loan on a future inheritance 34.1 ( 17.7/ 16.3/ 8.9) 16 A&L Premier Plus Current Account credit card 32.7 ( 3.7/ 21.8/ 21.8) 4 GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT, RALPH ! 29.3 ( 13.1/ 16.0/ 9.2) 14 Nationwide mortgages - can they be trusted? 24.4 ( 14.6/ 9.5/ 4.1) 16 Take Home Pay, House Prices, Retail Sales - All Falling!! 19.6 ( 12.2/ 7.4/ 3.2) 11 Halifax's disappearing money scam 18.7 ( 9.6/ 9.1/ 4.7) 7 Stamp duty effect? 17.3 ( 5.9/ 11.2/ 9.7) 7 Lloyds TSB falling apart
Top 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts) ============================================= (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Subject
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1.000 ( 21.8/ 21.8) 4 GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT, RALPH !
0.923 ( 3.9/ 4.2) 3 VAT Inspection.
0.864 ( 9.7/ 11.2) 7 Lloyds TSB falling apart
0.822 ( 3.3/ 4.0) 3 Payment Protection Insurance Ripoff
0.808 ( 1.6/ 2.0) 3 Mortgage Advice
0.748 ( 25.6/ 34.3) 35 AUSTRALIA'S REAL COST OF ANOTHER DROUGHT YEAR
0.748 ( 0.9/ 1.2) 3 Endowment compensation pre 1988 ?
0.725 ( 1.0/ 1.4) 3 Pensions query
0.632 ( 1.7/ 2.7) 3 trading start in february
0.599 ( 1.0/ 1.6) 3 Anything better that B&W 1 year 5.55% ISA?
Bottom 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts) ================================================ (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Subject
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0.482 ( 1.8 / 3.7) 5 Gordon's Dual Miras?
0.455 ( 1.6 / 3.4) 5 ISA interest question?
0.451 ( 3.4 / 7.6) 6 Can the UK Inland Revenue pursue me in Australia?
0.442 ( 0.4 / 0.8) 3 Online income tax calculator...
0.436 ( 2.2 / 4.9) 5 Son about to bankrupt
0.434 ( 4.1 / 9.5) 16 Take Home Pay, House Prices, Retail Sales - All Falling!!
0.432 ( 3.2 / 7.4) 11 Halifax's disappearing money scam
0.330 ( 2.1 / 6.3) 6 Accepting credit cards
0.304 ( 0.9 / 3.1) 5 Major breakthrough
0.195 ( 1.6 / 8.2) 7 Identity theft?
Top 10 Targets for Crossposts ============================ Articles Newsgroup
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45 aus.politics 45 aus.invest 44 sci.geo.geology 44 nz.politics 44 sci.geo.earthquakes 28 aus.general 21 co.politics 3 uk.business.accountancy 2 uk.legal 2 uk.people.consumers
Top 10 Crossposters ================== Articles Address
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169 "Sir Jean-Paul Turcaud" 36 sawpit 18 EEEK 12 "Sunny" 12 "Mike" 6 "BTMO" 6 "Poster" 6 Chris McDonald 6 eugene..@..dynagen..co..za 6 Felix Tilley