Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period, beginning at 25 Jul 2004 14:00:01 GMT and ending at
01 Aug 2004 11:36:06 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: 96 Articles: 362 (72 with cutlined signatures) Threads: 57 Volume generated: 659.1 kb - headers: 301.7 kb (5,913 lines) - bodies: 353.5 kb (9,541 lines) - original: 200.3 kb (5,704 lines) - signatures: 3.5 kb (154 lines)
Original Content Rating: 0.567
Averages ======= Posts per poster: 3.8 median: 2.0 posts mode: 1 post - 45 posters s: 6.1 posts Posts per thread: 6.4 median: 4 posts mode: 2 posts - 14 threads s: 7.8 posts Message size: 1864.4 bytes - header: 853.4 bytes (16.3 lines) - body: 1000.1 bytes (26.4 lines) - original: 566.6 bytes (15.8 lines) - signature: 9.9 bytes (0.4 lines)
Top 10 Posters by Number of Posts ================================ (kb) (kb) (kb) (kb) Posts Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Address
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30 45.9 ( 16.6/ 29.3/ 8.5) Jledi 27 56.5 ( 28.4/ 28.1/ 13.1) Ronald Raygun 23 32.8 ( 21.4/ 11.4/ 6.0) "Tim" 23 47.6 ( 26.9/ 20.4/ 7.4) john boyle 19 31.8 ( 13.0/ 18.8/ 5.3) "Doug Ramage" 12 20.6 ( 13.8/ 6.8/ 4.0) "dp" 11 13.7 ( 9.3/ 4.3/ 2.9) "jd014u5921" 9 18.6 ( 8.6/ 9.8/ 4.3) Richard Faulkner 8 9.5 ( 7.3/ 2.2/ 2.2) "Robin Graham" 8 11.3 ( 4.6/ 5.9/ 2.3) "Tumbleweed"These posters accounted for 47.0% of all articles.
Top 10 Posters by Volume ======================= (kb) (kb) (kb) (kb) Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Address
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56.5 ( 28.4/ 28.1/ 13.1) 27 Ronald Raygun 47.6 ( 26.9/ 20.4/ 7.4) 23 john boyle 45.9 ( 16.6/ 29.3/ 8.5) 30 Jledi 32.8 ( 21.4/ 11.4/ 6.0) 23 "Tim" 31.8 ( 13.0/ 18.8/ 5.3) 19 "Doug Ramage" 31.3 ( 2.7/ 28.6/ 28.6) 3 "Dick Eastman" 20.6 ( 13.8/ 6.8/ 4.0) 12 "dp" 18.6 ( 8.6/ 9.8/ 4.3) 9 Richard Faulkner 18.4 ( 0.9/ 17.4/ 17.4) 1 "senhor san" 16.0 ( 1.0/ 14.9/ 5.4) 1 Johnny 5These posters accounted for 48.5% of the total volume.
Top 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts) ============================================= (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Address
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1.000 ( 2.2 / 2.2) 8 "Robin Graham" 0.662 ( 2.9 / 4.3) 11 "jd014u5921" 0.646 ( 3.3 / 5.0) 6 snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.co.uk 0.586 ( 4.0 / 6.8) 12 "dp" 0.552 ( 2.2 / 4.0) 7 "Adrian Boliston" 0.523 ( 6.0 / 11.4) 23 "Tim" 0.505 ( 1.7 / 3.4) 5 "John Bishop" 0.497 ( 1.0 / 2.1) 5 Jonathan Bryce 0.485 ( 2.2 / 4.6) 6 "John Smith" 0.467 ( 13.1 / 28.1) 27 Ronald RaygunBottom 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts) ================================================ (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Address
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0.458 ( 2.3 / 5.0) 5 curiosity 0.456 ( 1.2 / 2.6) 5 "Zoe Brown" 0.451 ( 3.5 / 7.8) 7 GSV Three Minds in a Can 0.436 ( 4.3 / 9.8) 9 Richard Faulkner 0.429 ( 0.7 / 1.6) 5 "Peter Crosland" 0.420 ( 1.4 / 3.3) 8 snipped-for-privacy@junk.com 0.388 ( 2.3 / 5.9) 8 "Tumbleweed" 0.364 ( 7.4 / 20.4) 23 john boyle 0.290 ( 8.5 / 29.3) 30 Jledi 0.281 ( 5.3 / 18.8) 19 "Doug Ramage"Top 10 Threads by Number of Posts ================================ Posts Subject
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41 mortgage rip off 33 settlement figure on loans etc. 30 Ask the FT: Citibank apologises for cheque shambles 18 House prices could crash 14 off shore tax declaration 13 PAYPAL query 12 House prices fall for first time 11 Bank Details and Home Address 10 National Insurance... 10 Student - confused!Top 10 Threads by Volume ======================= (kb) (kb) (kb) (kb) Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Subject
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68.8 ( 37.3/ 31.4/ 12.8) 30 Ask the FT: Citibank apologises for cheque shambles 67.9 ( 32.3/ 35.4/ 11.2) 41 mortgage rip off 50.2 ( 23.9/ 26.2/ 8.2) 33 settlement figure on loans etc. 35.8 ( 15.2/ 20.0/ 10.9) 18 House prices could crash 34.4 ( 1.9/ 32.3/ 22.9) 2 Democrats promoting EVERY BUSH LIE -- Bush-Clinton-Bush-Kerry CFR tag team -- LAST CHANCE do you get behind 911 EVIDENCE OR NOT??? 23.9 ( 1.8/ 22.1/ 22.1) 2 Proper Bostonian's guide to the world news -- Bush-Kerry organized-crime tag team 21.8 ( 12.1/ 9.7/ 3.7) 14 off shore tax declaration 20.5 ( 9.6/ 10.6/ 8.3) 12 House prices fall for first time 19.4 ( 7.3/ 11.9/ 6.6) 10 Student - confused! 17.7 ( 8.9/ 8.4/ 3.4) 10 National Insurance...Top 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts) ============================================= (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Subject
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0.840 ( 0.9/ 1.1) 3 Adverse Mortgage... Which is the best one! 0.777 ( 8.3/ 10.6) 12 House prices fall for first time 0.753 ( 2.6/ 3.5) 4 Pay off mortgage? 0.740 ( 1.7/ 2.4) 3 VAT a bit keen with personal details on its web-site 0.736 ( 0.9/ 1.3) 3 Premium Bonds draw date. 0.716 ( 0.5/ 0.7) 4 remortgage advice 0.693 ( 2.1/ 3.0) 3 You have to start somewhere 0.681 ( 2.1/ 3.1) 5 International bank transfer... 0.652 ( 2.3/ 3.5) 5 credit card company won't reply 0.627 ( 4.1/ 6.6) 8 remortgage - put cash into mortgage or some into savings?Bottom 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts) ================================================ (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Subject
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0.447 ( 0.4 / 1.0) 3 Nationwide's figures - how do they arrive at them? 0.447 ( 2.5 / 5.6) 10 Theoretical question about credit card refunds 0.414 ( 1.3 / 3.1) 4 income tax payments on account 0.409 ( 12.8 / 31.4) 30 Ask the FT: Citibank apologises for cheque shambles 0.406 ( 3.4 / 8.4) 10 National Insurance... 0.385 ( 3.7 / 9.7) 14 off shore tax declaration 0.382 ( 1.7 / 4.6) 7 US Mortgage for UK Property? 0.323 ( 2.3 / 7.1) 13 PAYPAL query 0.316 ( 11.2 / 35.4) 41 mortgage rip off 0.314 ( 8.2 / 26.2) 33 settlement figure on loans etc.Top 10 Targets for Crossposts ============================ Articles Newsgroup
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5 uk.politics.crime 3 uk.politics.parliament 3 uk.legal 3 uk.politics.drugs 3 uk.gov.social-security 3 uk.current-events.general 2 alt.make.money.fast 2 sci.econ 2 alt.make.money 2 talk.politics.european-unionTop 10 Crossposters ================== Articles Address
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12 "Dick Eastman" 4 Johnny 5 4 "senhor san" 3 "jd014u5921" 2 "Helper" 1 Thom 1 "INRI" 1 Mike 1 "GPG" 1 snipped-for-privacy@junk.com