Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period, beginning at 28 Nov 2004 09:38:52 GMT and ending at
05 Dec 2004 09:18:05 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: 164 Articles: 389 (108 with cutlined signatures) Threads: 97 Volume generated: 725.9 kb - headers: 336.5 kb (6,396 lines) - bodies: 382.3 kb (10,038 lines) - original: 235.0 kb (6,383 lines) - signatures: 6.7 kb (276 lines)
Original Content Rating: 0.615
Averages ======= Posts per poster: 2.4 median: 1.0 post mode: 1 post - 91 posters s: 2.7 posts Posts per thread: 4.0 median: 2 posts mode: 1 post - 36 threads s: 5.3 posts Message size: 1910.8 bytes - header: 885.8 bytes (16.4 lines) - body: 1006.4 bytes (25.8 lines) - original: 618.5 bytes (16.4 lines) - signature: 17.6 bytes (0.7 lines)
Top 10 Posters by Number of Posts ================================ (kb) (kb) (kb) (kb) Posts Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Address
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13 26.0 ( 15.7/ 9.7/ 5.8) "Troy Steadman" 12 23.1 ( 12.7/ 10.4/ 5.8) Ronald Raygun 11 18.4 ( 11.7/ 6.7/ 3.3) "Tim" 11 18.6 ( 10.6/ 7.9/ 4.3) john boyle 10 10.3 ( 6.0/ 4.3/ 1.6) Jonathan Bryce 10 18.8 ( 10.7/ 7.6/ 1.8) snipped-for-privacy@petersaxton.co.uk 8 12.4 ( 5.1/ 7.0/ 2.3) "Doug Ramage" 8 11.4 ( 5.0/ 6.4/ 1.8) snipped-for-privacy@isbd.co.uk 8 24.3 ( 11.2/ 13.1/ 10.0) snipped-for-privacy@cruller.invalid 7 9.3 ( 6.1/ 3.2/ 1.9) "Robin Graham"These posters accounted for 25.2% of all articles.
Top 10 Posters by Volume ======================= (kb) (kb) (kb) (kb) Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Address
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26.3 ( 1.6/ 24.7/ 24.2) 3 Kuacou 26.0 ( 15.7/ 9.7/ 5.8) 13 "Troy Steadman" 24.3 ( 11.2/ 13.1/ 10.0) 8 snipped-for-privacy@cruller.invalid 23.9 ( 1.7/ 22.2/ 22.0) 2 "Dick Eastman" 23.1 ( 12.7/ 10.4/ 5.8) 12 Ronald Raygun 18.8 ( 10.7/ 7.6/ 1.8) 10 snipped-for-privacy@petersaxton.co.uk 18.6 ( 10.6/ 7.9/ 4.3) 11 john boyle 18.4 ( 11.7/ 6.7/ 3.3) 11 "Tim" 14.1 ( 5.3/ 8.0/ 5.6) 6 M Holmes 12.4 ( 5.1/ 7.0/ 2.3) 8 "Doug Ramage"These posters accounted for 28.4% of the total volume.
Top 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts) ============================================= (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Address
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0.786 ( 4.2 / 5.4) 6 "Andy Pandy" 0.769 ( 10.0 / 13.1) 8 snipped-for-privacy@cruller.invalid 0.729 ( 2.4 / 3.3) 5 Allan Gould 0.699 ( 5.6 / 8.0) 6 M Holmes 0.594 ( 5.8 / 9.7) 13 "Troy Steadman" 0.589 ( 1.9 / 3.2) 7 "Robin Graham" 0.562 ( 5.8 / 10.4) 12 Ronald Raygun 0.559 ( 0.8 / 1.5) 5 Alex 0.543 ( 4.3 / 7.9) 11 john boyle 0.541 ( 2.7 / 5.0) 7 snipped-for-privacy@hahooooooo.comBottom 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts) ================================================ (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Address
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0.491 ( 1.4 / 2.8) 5 "Marcus Collie" 0.461 ( 1.4 / 3.0) 6 snipped-for-privacy@junk.com 0.435 ( 1.9 / 4.4) 7 "Terry Harper" 0.388 ( 0.8 / 2.0) 5 Spam Reporting 0.360 ( 1.6 / 4.3) 10 Jonathan Bryce 0.357 ( 1.2 / 3.4) 5 "Matti Lamprhey" 0.326 ( 2.3 / 7.0) 8 "Doug Ramage" 0.288 ( 1.8 / 6.4) 8 snipped-for-privacy@isbd.co.uk 0.230 ( 1.8 / 7.6) 10 snipped-for-privacy@petersaxton.co.uk 0.188 ( 1.1 / 6.0) 6 "Eric Jones"Top 10 Threads by Number of Posts ================================ Posts Subject
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36 Trivia: Britain's most broken law is? 23 Monet Laundering Investigation 20 NYT: Soaring Interest Compounds Credit Card Pain for Millions 17 How do I validate self done accounts 16 How will house maket top out effect larger economy? 13 How to calculate outstanding balance on a personal loan ... 9 Building Society only offering services to "local" people 9 ID cards - who benefits 9 Bloody Banks! 8 Trivia: What do I sell?Top 10 Threads by Volume ======================= (kb) (kb) (kb) (kb) Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Subject
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55.5 ( 32.0/ 22.7/ 11.3) 36 Trivia: Britain's most broken law is? 53.6 ( 24.5/ 28.3/ 18.7) 20 NYT: Soaring Interest Compounds Credit Card Pain for Millions 37.4 ( 20.3/ 16.7/ 6.6) 23 Monet Laundering Investigation 33.2 ( 13.5/ 19.0/ 10.9) 16 How will house maket top out effect larger economy? 31.3 ( 15.8/ 15.2/ 6.0) 17 How do I validate self done accounts 27.0 ( 14.3/ 12.6/ 5.9) 13 How to calculate outstanding balance on a personal loan ... 23.9 ( 1.7/ 22.2/ 22.0) 2 Dick Eastman's TRUTHBAZOOKA 20.1 ( 8.6/ 11.5/ 10.4) 9 ID cards - who benefits 19.0 ( 7.4/ 11.6/ 5.8) 9 Bloody Banks! 18.2 ( 5.3/ 12.7/ 6.9) 7 Pension questionsTop 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts) ============================================= (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Subject
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0.906 ( 10.4/ 11.5) 9 ID cards - who benefits 0.854 ( 2.8/ 3.3) 3 Disclosure 0.755 ( 1.0/ 1.3) 3 Sacking IFA and replacing with Intelligent Money???? 0.754 ( 1.8/ 2.4) 3 Legal and General endowment surrender 0.709 ( 3.0/ 4.3) 8 Working Tax Credit 0.692 ( 0.5/ 0.7) 3 Which Ombudsman deals with credit card companies? 0.691 ( 4.1/ 5.9) 5 FOREX trading - good or bad? 0.681 ( 1.0/ 1.4) 4 ISA limits to remain unchanged? 0.661 ( 18.7/ 28.3) 20 NYT: Soaring Interest Compounds Credit Card Pain for Millions 0.641 ( 1.3/ 2.0) 4 Mortgage between jobs?Bottom 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts) ================================================ (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Subject
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0.397 ( 6.6 / 16.7) 23 Monet Laundering Investigation 0.393 ( 1.4 / 3.4) 4 UK bank account in Euros? 0.392 ( 6.0 / 15.2) 17 How do I validate self done accounts 0.374 ( 2.4 / 6.4) 7 Receiving cheques in US dollars? 0.338 ( 1.0 / 3.0) 3 Mobile Phone insurance 0.314 ( 1.4 / 4.5) 8 Wrong Company registration number - what to do? 0.275 ( 1.8 / 6.5) 6 Selling via an estate agent.. Use in-house solicitor? 0.260 ( 0.5 / 1.9) 3 Minimum payment 1p 0.249 ( 1.5 / 5.8) 3 Scam - how does it work? 0.178 ( 0.5 / 2.7) 3 Ronald Raygun: The Denouement: Scene IITop 10 Targets for Crossposts ============================ Articles Newsgroup
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77 uk.legal 24 misc.consumers 11 uk.business.accountancy 11 uk.politics.misc 9 us.politics 6 misc.taxes 2 alt.politics.libertarian 2 alt.politics.harry-browne 2 uk.finance.stockmarket 2 alt.politics.usa.constitutionTop 10 Crossposters ================== Articles Address
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8 "Dick Eastman" 8 snipped-for-privacy@cruller.invalid 7 "Troy Steadman" 5 "Harry The Horse" 4 Steve 4 Robert Campbell 4 "Tim" 4 Ken's FX soft 4 "Fat Sam" 4 Alex