Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period, beginning at 18 Jan 2004 10:04:37 GMT and ending at
25 Jan 2004 03:08:20 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: 140 Articles: 529 (128 with cutlined signatures) Threads: 88 Volume generated: 1068.8 kb - headers: 570.6 kb (9,488 lines) - bodies: 488.4 kb (12,996 lines) - original: 260.7 kb (7,570 lines) - signatures: 9.2 kb (426 lines)
Original Content Rating: 0.534
Averages ======= Posts per poster: 3.8 median: 2.0 posts mode: 1 post - 67 posters s: 7.1 posts Posts per thread: 6.0 median: 4.0 posts mode: 1 post - 19 threads s: 7.4 posts Message size: 2069.0 bytes - header: 1104.6 bytes (17.9 lines) - body: 945.5 bytes (24.6 lines) - original: 504.6 bytes (14.3 lines) - signature: 17.9 bytes (0.8 lines)
Top 10 Posters by Number of Posts ================================ (kb) (kb) (kb) (kb) Posts Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Address
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50 96.8 ( 56.1/ 40.2/ 16.2) john boyle 49 115.7 ( 61.7/ 53.9/ 26.8) Ronald Raygun 31 64.8 ( 32.8/ 31.9/ 21.4) "Stephen Burke" 25 53.8 ( 26.3/ 27.5/ 8.8) Peter Saxton 23 39.3 ( 29.3/ 10.0/ 5.5) "Tim" 16 41.1 ( 20.8/ 20.3/ 7.7) Pollux 16 35.3 ( 17.7/ 17.6/ 7.6) "tim" 14 32.9 ( 14.2/ 17.4/ 7.4) "Tumbleweed" 11 14.9 ( 10.8/ 4.0/ 2.0) Jonathan Bryce 8 16.5 ( 7.5/ 8.9/ 5.6) Richard Faulkner
These posters accounted for 45.9% of all articles.
Top 10 Posters by Volume ======================= (kb) (kb) (kb) (kb) Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Address
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115.7 ( 61.7/ 53.9/ 26.8) 49 Ronald Raygun 96.8 ( 56.1/ 40.2/ 16.2) 50 john boyle 64.8 ( 32.8/ 31.9/ 21.4) 31 "Stephen Burke" 53.8 ( 26.3/ 27.5/ 8.8) 25 Peter Saxton 41.1 ( 20.8/ 20.3/ 7.7) 16 Pollux 39.3 ( 29.3/ 10.0/ 5.5) 23 "Tim" 35.3 ( 17.7/ 17.6/ 7.6) 16 "tim" 32.9 ( 14.2/ 17.4/ 7.4) 14 "Tumbleweed" 16.5 ( 7.5/ 8.9/ 5.6) 8 Richard Faulkner 16.0 ( 8.7/ 7.3/ 6.8) 8 GoldTrader
These posters accounted for 47.9% of the total volume.
Top 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts) ============================================= (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Address
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0.934 ( 6.8 / 7.3) 8 GoldTrader
0.865 ( 6.4 / 7.4) 6 snipped-for-privacy@junk.com
0.835 ( 3.5 / 4.2) 8 John Pointon
0.754 ( 1.3 / 1.7) 5 "Adrian Boliston"
0.749 ( 2.9 / 3.8) 5 "Shane Cook"
0.709 ( 3.9 / 5.5) 5 "Julian"
0.671 ( 21.4 / 31.9) 31 "Stephen Burke"
0.659 ( 2.6 / 3.9) 5 "Sunil Sood"
0.635 ( 3.9 / 6.2) 5 snipped-for-privacy@kornet.net
0.625 ( 5.6 / 8.9) 8 Richard Faulkner
Bottom 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts) ================================================ (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Address
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0.491 ( 2.0 / 4.0) 11 Jonathan Bryce
0.481 ( 1.5 / 3.2) 6 John-Smith
0.475 ( 2.7 / 5.6) 7 "Abso"
0.433 ( 7.6 / 17.6) 16 "tim"
0.422 ( 7.4 / 17.4) 14 "Tumbleweed"
0.402 ( 16.2 / 40.2) 50 john boyle
0.379 ( 7.7 / 20.3) 16 Pollux
0.365 ( 2.9 / 8.0) 6 "Nebulous"
0.333 ( 2.0 / 6.1) 6 Chris Blunt
0.322 ( 8.8 / 27.5) 25 Peter Saxton
Top 10 Threads by Number of Posts ================================ Posts Subject
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32 Mortgage & House insurance 29 Notice to Terminate Tenancy 29 cheque clearing times 25 Foreign Call Centres - anyone got a list? 23 Capital One Chip and PIN? 20 Holding Buy-To-Let property- best method? 18 current bank account ? 17 Pestered by phone calls 15 IR591 replaces IR35? 15 VAT for Sole Trader consulting for a Norwegian Company
Top 10 Threads by Volume ======================= (kb) (kb) (kb) (kb) Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Subject
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74.3 ( 41.4/ 32.5/ 16.4) 29 Notice to Terminate Tenancy 71.1 ( 31.5/ 39.2/ 20.8) 23 Capital One Chip and PIN? 63.3 ( 38.0/ 24.8/ 12.1) 32 Mortgage & House insurance 59.9 ( 32.8/ 26.9/ 11.6) 29 cheque clearing times 53.5 ( 27.0/ 26.3/ 13.4) 25 Foreign Call Centres - anyone got a list? 45.1 ( 23.5/ 21.5/ 9.9) 20 Holding Buy-To-Let property- best method? 35.6 ( 17.1/ 16.9/ 8.8) 17 Pestered by phone calls 34.8 ( 20.9/ 13.9/ 4.3) 18 current bank account ? 32.6 ( 16.0/ 16.3/ 7.6) 15 VAT for Sole Trader consulting for a Norwegian Company 30.8 ( 15.4/ 14.9/ 6.5) 15 IR591 replaces IR35?
Top 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts) ============================================= (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Subject
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0.913 ( 3.8/ 4.2) 3 Cristabel snipped-for-privacy@excite.com
0.783 ( 0.6/ 0.7) 3 Financial year?
0.744 ( 3.5/ 4.7) 5 SIPPs - ComDirect ?
0.727 ( 2.2/ 3.0) 5 Capital Allowances and Depreciation
0.712 ( 1.9/ 2.7) 4 Best China Fund?
0.700 ( 1.9/ 2.7) 6 Getting paid bad debt when moved abroad
0.687 ( 1.8/ 2.6) 7 Question :- What where the past three years rates of inflation???
0.682 ( 1.7/ 2.5) 4 one account
0.680 ( 4.0/ 5.8) 4 What is this website?
0.661 ( 3.5/ 5.3) 12 Tax refund
Bottom 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts) ================================================ (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Subject
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0.413 ( 2.0 / 4.8) 5 What is Cashback?
0.407 ( 3.1 / 7.6) 8 Money transfer - a possible scam?
0.405 ( 2.6 / 6.4) 4 How do I cancel a credit card?
0.395 ( 1.4 / 3.4) 6 Consumer Credit Act and credit cards
0.388 ( 3.2 / 8.3) 13 Offshore bank
0.378 ( 2.0 / 5.2) 10 CASH ISA Query
0.376 ( 0.7 / 2.0) 3 Porsche AG is trading Euro Futures
0.315 ( 1.2 / 3.8) 6 Dr. Shipman's Pension
0.313 ( 4.3 / 13.9) 18 current bank account ?
0.252 ( 1.8 / 7.2) 8 Exchanging French Francs
Top 10 Targets for Crossposts ============================ Articles Newsgroup
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20 uk.business.accountancy 20 aus.invest 20 fr.misc.finance 11 misc.invest.stocks 9 misc.invest.futures 9 uk.telecom.mobile 7 aus.politics 6 misc.invest 5 misc.invest.mutual-funds 4 uk.rec.audio
Top 10 Crossposters ================== Articles Address
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31 GoldTrader 8 "{#} jpturcaud" 8 Bruno R 4 "Hi" 4 xylord 4 Spehro Pefhany 4 "avenger" 4 Bergholt 4 John-Smith 4 B J Foster