Statistics for uk.finance for week ending Sun Feb 1 10:23:11 2004

Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period, beginning at 25 Jan 2004 10:52:44 GMT and ending at

02 Feb 2004 02:26:00 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: 128 Articles: 462 (102 with cutlined signatures) Threads: 81 Volume generated: 985.0 kb - headers: 511.3 kb (8,287 lines) - bodies: 468.5 kb (12,397 lines) - original: 235.7 kb (7,013 lines) - signatures: 4.8 kb (291 lines)

Original Content Rating: 0.503

Averages ======= Posts per poster: 3.6 median: 1.0 post mode: 1 post - 65 posters s: 7.1 posts Posts per thread: 5.7 median: 3 posts mode: 1 post - 20 threads s: 8.6 posts Message size: 2183.3 bytes - header: 1133.3 bytes (17.9 lines) - body: 1038.3 bytes (26.8 lines) - original: 522.4 bytes (15.2 lines) - signature: 10.6 bytes (0.6 lines)

Top 10 Posters by Number of Posts ================================ (kb) (kb) (kb) (kb) Posts Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Address

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54 122.9 ( 63.0/ 59.9/ 30.3) Ronald Raygun 46 95.6 ( 61.3/ 34.2/ 19.2) "Tim" 28 53.8 ( 31.7/ 21.8/ 9.4) john boyle 22 45.2 ( 29.7/ 15.4/ 9.2) snipped-for-privacy@fergernospam.com 20 63.8 ( 29.7/ 34.2/ 16.0) "Andy Pandy" 17 32.8 ( 17.7/ 15.1/ 5.0) Peter Saxton 13 23.9 ( 11.2/ 10.4/ 4.6) "Keith.F" 11 21.7 ( 12.6/ 9.0/ 3.5) snipped-for-privacy@isbd.co.uk 11 38.8 ( 14.3/ 24.4/ 11.0) Krokr 10 22.0 ( 12.0/ 10.0/ 3.8) John-Smith

These posters accounted for 50.2% of all articles.

Top 10 Posters by Volume ======================= (kb) (kb) (kb) (kb) Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Address

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122.9 ( 63.0/ 59.9/ 30.3) 54 Ronald Raygun 95.6 ( 61.3/ 34.2/ 19.2) 46 "Tim" 63.8 ( 29.7/ 34.2/ 16.0) 20 "Andy Pandy" 53.8 ( 31.7/ 21.8/ 9.4) 28 john boyle 45.2 ( 29.7/ 15.4/ 9.2) 22 snipped-for-privacy@fergernospam.com 38.8 ( 14.3/ 24.4/ 11.0) 11 Krokr 32.8 ( 17.7/ 15.1/ 5.0) 17 Peter Saxton 28.5 ( 12.1/ 16.4/ 8.5) 9 "Nebulous" 23.9 ( 11.2/ 10.4/ 4.6) 13 "Keith.F" 22.0 ( 12.0/ 10.0/ 3.8) 10 John-Smith

These posters accounted for 53.5% of the total volume.

Top 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts) ============================================= (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Address

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0.640 ( 3.3 / 5.1) 6 snipped-for-privacy@viewport.clara.co.uk.invalid 0.595 ( 9.2 / 15.4) 22 snipped-for-privacy@fergernospam.com 0.562 ( 19.2 / 34.2) 46 "Tim" 0.521 ( 8.5 / 16.4) 9 "Nebulous" 0.505 ( 30.3 / 59.9) 54 Ronald Raygun 0.473 ( 2.2 / 4.7) 7 "Jon" 0.469 ( 16.0 / 34.2) 20 "Andy Pandy" 0.468 ( 2.6 / 5.6) 7 "Doug Ramage" 0.450 ( 11.0 / 24.4) 11 Krokr 0.447 ( 4.6 / 10.4) 13 "Keith.F"

Bottom 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts) ================================================ (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Address

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0.469 ( 16.0 / 34.2) 20 "Andy Pandy" 0.468 ( 2.6 / 5.6) 7 "Doug Ramage" 0.450 ( 11.0 / 24.4) 11 Krokr 0.447 ( 4.6 / 10.4) 13 "Keith.F" 0.431 ( 9.4 / 21.8) 28 john boyle 0.428 ( 2.8 / 6.5) 6 "tim" 0.381 ( 3.5 / 9.0) 11 snipped-for-privacy@isbd.co.uk 0.376 ( 3.8 / 10.0) 10 John-Smith 0.329 ( 5.0 / 15.1) 17 Peter Saxton 0.249 ( 1.5 / 6.0) 5 "Fred"

Top 10 Threads by Number of Posts ================================ Posts Subject

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54 OT:Govt Benefits - info needed. 40 Online banking inflexibility 25 Credit Card Debt on Death - advice req'd 22 Tax Demand 22 Working from home - who to tell.. 16 VAT Calculation question 14 Gold coins for investment 14 Messy breakup - legal position. 11 Lost cheque - who is liable? 10 Mortgage & House insurance

Top 10 Threads by Volume ======================= (kb) (kb) (kb) (kb) Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Subject

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167.0 ( 79.5/ 87.4/ 42.7) 54 OT:Govt Benefits - info needed. 86.5 ( 55.4/ 30.9/ 16.7) 40 Online banking inflexibility 47.3 ( 26.0/ 21.0/ 8.2) 25 Credit Card Debt on Death - advice req'd 41.2 ( 24.4/ 16.7/ 8.1) 22 Tax Demand 40.8 ( 23.6/ 17.0/ 7.9) 22 Working from home - who to tell.. 35.2 ( 15.8/ 19.4/ 10.7) 14 Messy breakup - legal position. 30.0 ( 14.7/ 15.1/ 6.3) 14 Gold coins for investment 28.3 ( 7.9/ 20.4/ 13.1) 8 John T. Reed's analysis of Rich Dad, Poor Dad 27.6 ( 10.8/ 16.5/ 5.9) 11 Lost cheque - who is liable? 24.2 ( 16.0/ 8.1/ 4.1) 10 Mortgage & House insurance

Top 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts) ============================================= (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Subject

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0.775 ( 1.4/ 1.9) 3 Portman BS or Staffordshire BS payout? 0.690 ( 1.3/ 1.9) 3 Pestered by phone calls 0.690 ( 1.7/ 2.4) 4 Legal ownership of funds deposited in a bank? 0.660 ( 0.8/ 1.2) 3 WDA on cars 0.655 ( 1.3/ 2.0) 4 Credit report information 0.640 ( 13.1/ 20.4) 8 John T. Reed's analysis of Rich Dad, Poor Dad 0.637 ( 2.1/ 3.3) 4 Advice please ... 0.622 ( 3.0/ 4.8) 3 Query-CGT 0.605 ( 2.4/ 4.0) 6 ease & speed of getting credit cards 0.596 ( 1.8/ 3.0) 3 Do credit card refunds count as a "payment"?

Bottom 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts) ================================================ (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Subject

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0.391 ( 8.2 / 21.0) 25 Credit Card Debt on Death - advice req'd 0.388 ( 3.3 / 8.4) 9 Avoiding tax on rent 0.385 ( 1.8 / 4.7) 5 Buy-to-let advisor? 0.361 ( 1.2 / 3.3) 3 House Buying Tips? 0.359 ( 2.9 / 8.0) 7 Claim tax relief on use of flat 0.356 ( 5.9 / 16.5) 11 Lost cheque - who is liable? 0.304 ( 2.7 / 8.8) 7 How to interpret a credit check 0.293 ( 0.7 / 2.3) 3 Final year transfer to unused TESSA acct? 0.277 ( 1.4 / 4.9) 6 Offshore bank 0.206 ( 0.5 / 2.5) 3 How much can I borrow - Mortgage

Top 10 Targets for Crossposts ============================ Articles Newsgroup

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30 uk.legal 11 aus.invest 11 misc.invest.stocks 11 fr.misc.finance 8 misc.invest.mutual-funds 3 misc.invest 2 uk.consultants 1 uk.food+drink.restaurants 1 uk.food+drink.real-ale 1 uk.food+drink.misc

Top 10 Crossposters ================== Articles Address

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8 GoldTrader 8 snipped-for-privacy@autismuk.asokaisblind.freeserve.co.uk 8 PatDeRatt 7 john boyle 4 "Ed" 4 Ronald Raygun 4 snipped-for-privacy@alphalink.com.au 4 snipped-for-privacy@myhouse.please 4 tasty chicken 4 Gregory Toomey
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