Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period, beginning at 30 Jan 2005 10:29:54 GMT and ending at
06 Feb 2005 09:35:16 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: 137 Articles: 364 (105 with cutlined signatures) Threads: 64 Volume generated: 675.5 kb - headers: 318.0 kb (6,136 lines) - bodies: 346.1 kb (9,300 lines) - original: 185.9 kb (5,401 lines) - signatures: 11.1 kb (487 lines)
Original Content Rating: 0.537
Averages ======= Posts per poster: 2.7 median: 1 post mode: 1 post - 73 posters s: 4.0 posts Posts per thread: 5.7 median: 3.0 posts mode: 1 post - 15 threads s: 6.6 posts Message size: 1900.4 bytes - header: 894.7 bytes (16.9 lines) - body: 973.6 bytes (25.5 lines) - original: 523.0 bytes (14.8 lines) - signature: 31.1 bytes (1.3 lines)
Top 10 Posters by Number of Posts ================================ (kb) (kb) (kb) (kb) Posts Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Address
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30 58.1 ( 28.8/ 29.0/ 13.1) john boyle 21 43.8 ( 20.4/ 23.4/ 13.3) Ronald Raygun 15 30.7 ( 10.9/ 15.6/ 3.1) "Doug Ramage" 14 21.2 ( 13.7/ 7.5/ 2.5) "Tim" 13 20.5 ( 9.7/ 10.7/ 4.5) "Alex" 9 20.6 ( 10.4/ 10.1/ 2.7) "Roger J. P. Jones" 9 21.2 ( 8.9/ 12.3/ 4.6) "Martin Davies" 8 13.9 ( 5.9/ 7.3/ 2.8) "Tumbleweed" 7 13.6 ( 5.8/ 7.8/ 3.6) Richard Buttrey 6 12.3 ( 5.5/ 6.7/ 3.3) "Roland Watson"These posters accounted for 36.3% of all articles.
Top 10 Posters by Volume ======================= (kb) (kb) (kb) (kb) Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Address
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58.1 ( 28.8/ 29.0/ 13.1) 30 john boyle 43.8 ( 20.4/ 23.4/ 13.3) 21 Ronald Raygun 30.7 ( 10.9/ 15.6/ 3.1) 15 "Doug Ramage" 21.2 ( 13.7/ 7.5/ 2.5) 14 "Tim" 21.2 ( 8.9/ 12.3/ 4.6) 9 "Martin Davies" 20.6 ( 10.4/ 10.1/ 2.7) 9 "Roger J. P. Jones" 20.5 ( 9.7/ 10.7/ 4.5) 13 "Alex" 17.9 ( 2.7/ 15.2/ 14.9) 5 sufaud 13.9 ( 5.9/ 7.3/ 2.8) 8 "Tumbleweed" 13.6 ( 5.8/ 7.8/ 3.6) 7 Richard ButtreyThese posters accounted for 38.7% of the total volume.
Top 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts) ============================================= (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Address
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0.982 ( 14.9 / 15.2) 5 sufaud 0.750 ( 5.5 / 7.4) 6 John-Smith 0.594 ( 2.0 / 3.3) 5 "Landru" 0.570 ( 13.3 / 23.4) 21 Ronald Raygun 0.485 ( 3.3 / 6.7) 6 "Roland Watson" 0.463 ( 3.6 / 7.8) 7 Richard Buttrey 0.451 ( 13.1 / 29.0) 30 john boyle 0.433 ( 1.0 / 2.2) 5 snipped-for-privacy@junk.com 0.431 ( 1.5 / 3.6) 5 GSV Three Minds in a Can 0.422 ( 4.5 / 10.7) 13 "Alex"Bottom 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts) ================================================ (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Address
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0.451 ( 13.1 / 29.0) 30 john boyle 0.433 ( 1.0 / 2.2) 5 snipped-for-privacy@junk.com 0.431 ( 1.5 / 3.6) 5 GSV Three Minds in a Can 0.422 ( 4.5 / 10.7) 13 "Alex" 0.417 ( 1.1 / 2.7) 5 "tim" 0.390 ( 2.8 / 7.3) 8 "Tumbleweed" 0.373 ( 4.6 / 12.3) 9 "Martin Davies" 0.338 ( 2.5 / 7.5) 14 "Tim" 0.271 ( 2.7 / 10.1) 9 "Roger J. P. Jones" 0.201 ( 3.1 / 15.6) 15 "Doug Ramage"Top 10 Threads by Number of Posts ================================ Posts Subject
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39 People In Profit System (PIPS) 21 How to accept payment for selling a car? (CHAPS?) 18 Overdrawn Account Due to ATM 17 Inland Revenue Site Down 17 Insurance Under Insured? 14 Rollover relief on residential letting property 13 What the hell is Credit Rating System 12 Free Money (maybe ?) 12 Chip&Sig refusal: Nationwide 11 Account number verification.Top 10 Threads by Volume ======================= (kb) (kb) (kb) (kb) Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Subject
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68.7 ( 38.2/ 29.8/ 12.1) 39 People In Profit System (PIPS) 47.2 ( 21.8/ 25.1/ 8.6) 21 How to accept payment for selling a car? (CHAPS?) 34.3 ( 14.4/ 19.9/ 9.8) 17 Insurance Under Insured? 29.1 ( 15.9/ 11.8/ 5.0) 17 Inland Revenue Site Down 27.6 ( 8.8/ 15.9/ 7.4) 11 Car allowance or company car 27.1 ( 15.9/ 10.8/ 6.1) 18 Overdrawn Account Due to ATM 26.8 ( 12.2/ 14.5/ 7.3) 14 Rollover relief on residential letting property 22.4 ( 11.0/ 11.1/ 4.5) 12 Chip&Sig refusal: Nationwide 22.0 ( 10.4/ 11.6/ 7.7) 13 What the hell is Credit Rating System 20.8 ( 11.7/ 9.1/ 6.3) 12 Free Money (maybe ?)Top 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts) ============================================= (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Subject
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0.840 ( 7.3/ 8.7) 4 Guardian: Bounced into a nightmare 0.804 ( 2.5/ 3.1) 7 Submitting tax return electronically. 0.783 ( 0.4/ 0.5) 3 Change in fees for online docs at Companies House 0.758 ( 2.4/ 3.2) 3 Pay extra to mortgage or 'stooze'? 0.750 ( 1.8/ 2.4) 4 5.4% is this the best mini cash ISA? 0.689 ( 6.3/ 9.1) 12 Free Money (maybe ?) 0.664 ( 7.7/ 11.6) 13 What the hell is Credit Rating System 0.600 ( 3.2/ 5.3) 3 VAT, Civil Recovery & Bailiffs 0.597 ( 1.6/ 2.6) 4 Free or inexpensive Financial Advice 0.581 ( 2.6/ 4.5) 3 Adviced sought re section 75 consumer credit.Bottom 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts) ================================================ (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Subject
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0.440 ( 3.2 / 7.2) 7 Bridging Loan 0.437 ( 1.1 / 2.6) 6 Lending money - tax implications 0.422 ( 3.7 / 8.9) 9 Bank Charges 0.420 ( 5.0 / 11.8) 17 Inland Revenue Site Down 0.409 ( 1.0 / 2.4) 3 S Tel: Tesco and Boots under fire over VAT loophole 0.406 ( 12.1 / 29.8) 39 People In Profit System (PIPS) 0.404 ( 4.5 / 11.1) 12 Chip&Sig refusal: Nationwide 0.402 ( 2.5 / 6.3) 7 National Savings Web Site 0.398 ( 1.9 / 4.7) 3 Will I get a tax return? 0.341 ( 8.6 / 25.1) 21 How to accept payment for selling a car? (CHAPS?)Top 10 Targets for Crossposts ============================ Articles Newsgroup
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68 uk.legal 3 uk.people.consumers 3 alt.consumers.uk-discounts.and.bargains 1 alt.politics 1 soc.culture.britishTop 10 Crossposters ================== Articles Address
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9 "Roger J. P. Jones" 9 "Martin Davies" 7 john boyle 4 Paul Robson 3 "Tumbleweed" 3 "Nebulous" 3 snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com 2 Richard Buttrey 2 David Quinton 2 "Jeremy Barker"