Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period, beginning at 23 Jan 2005 10:05:08 GMT and ending at
30 Jan 2005 08:45:36 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: 145 Articles: 467 (123 with cutlined signatures) Threads: 82 Volume generated: 855.3 kb - headers: 413.5 kb (7,861 lines) - bodies: 435.3 kb (11,777 lines) - original: 227.1 kb (6,737 lines) - signatures: 6.1 kb (258 lines)
Original Content Rating: 0.522
Averages ======= Posts per poster: 3.2 median: 2 posts mode: 1 post - 70 posters s: 4.9 posts Posts per thread: 5.7 median: 3.0 posts mode: 1 post - 22 threads s: 9.2 posts Message size: 1875.4 bytes - header: 906.7 bytes (16.8 lines) - body: 954.4 bytes (25.2 lines) - original: 497.9 bytes (14.4 lines) - signature: 13.3 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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33 62.1 ( 33.9/ 27.7/ 10.4) john boyle 26 43.4 ( 28.7/ 14.6/ 7.4) "Tim" 17 37.7 ( 16.3/ 21.4/ 14.4) Ronald Raygun 15 22.2 ( 11.7/ 10.5/ 3.4) "Alex" 12 19.2 ( 11.2/ 7.1/ 3.9) Jon Green 12 27.4 ( 11.4/ 16.0/ 5.4) "Martin Davies" 12 24.6 ( 11.9/ 12.7/ 6.8) "tim" 11 14.3 ( 10.1/ 3.6/ 2.0) Phil Thompson 10 14.0 ( 8.5/ 5.6/ 2.8) Quimbler 10 41.4 ( 5.3/ 36.0/ 34.7) sufaud
These posters accounted for 33.8% of all articles.
Top 10 Posters by Volume ======================= (kb) (kb) (kb) (kb) Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Address
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62.1 ( 33.9/ 27.7/ 10.4) 33 john boyle 43.4 ( 28.7/ 14.6/ 7.4) 26 "Tim" 41.4 ( 5.3/ 36.0/ 34.7) 10 sufaud 37.7 ( 16.3/ 21.4/ 14.4) 17 Ronald Raygun 27.4 ( 11.4/ 16.0/ 5.4) 12 "Martin Davies" 24.6 ( 11.9/ 12.7/ 6.8) 12 "tim" 22.2 ( 11.7/ 10.5/ 3.4) 15 "Alex" 19.2 ( 11.2/ 7.1/ 3.9) 12 Jon Green 16.8 ( 9.1/ 7.7/ 4.3) 8 Reestit Mutton 16.7 ( 7.3/ 9.4/ 3.8) 8 Richard Buttrey
These posters accounted for 36.4% of the total volume.
Top 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts) ============================================= (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Address
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1.000 ( 3.6 / 3.6) 6 " snipped-for-privacy@talktalk.net"
0.964 ( 34.7 / 36.0) 10 sufaud
0.673 ( 14.4 / 21.4) 17 Ronald Raygun
0.557 ( 4.3 / 7.7) 8 Reestit Mutton
0.556 ( 3.1 / 5.6) 5 "Mark"
0.549 ( 2.0 / 3.6) 11 Phil Thompson
0.548 ( 3.9 / 7.1) 12 Jon Green
0.539 ( 2.9 / 5.4) 6 "Andy Pandy"
0.533 ( 6.8 / 12.7) 12 "tim"
0.508 ( 1.6 / 3.2) 5 Alan
Bottom 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts) ================================================ (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Address
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0.384 ( 1.5 / 4.0) 9 Jonathan Bryce
0.375 ( 10.4 / 27.7) 33 john boyle
0.372 ( 1.4 / 3.7) 6 Tom
0.355 ( 1.6 / 4.6) 8 "Tumbleweed"
0.350 ( 2.6 / 7.4) 9 snipped-for-privacy@isbd.co.uk
0.338 ( 5.4 / 16.0) 12 "Martin Davies"
0.335 ( 2.9 / 8.6) 7 "r_mervart"
0.322 ( 3.2 / 10.1) 5 "Nebulous"
0.321 ( 3.4 / 10.5) 15 "Alex"
0.257 ( 1.7 / 6.7) 5 Alex
Top 10 Threads by Number of Posts ================================ Posts Subject
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58 Polish VAT scam 47 Chip and PIN, how secure is the transaction? 46 Benefits & Immigrants 12 Money in trust for kids 11 Joint Savings Account with Internet Access?? 10 Students and council tax. 10 making a payment in Euro's from the UK ?? 10 Credit report questions. 10 Tax Return - calculating interested 10 Sort Codes.
Top 10 Threads by Volume ======================= (kb) (kb) (kb) (kb) Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Subject
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104.4 ( 61.5/ 42.4/ 17.0) 58 Polish VAT scam 88.8 ( 41.1/ 47.3/ 19.8) 46 Benefits & Immigrants 84.5 ( 45.5/ 38.1/ 15.7) 47 Chip and PIN, how secure is the transaction? 30.8 ( 10.3/ 20.3/ 7.6) 12 Money in trust for kids 18.3 ( 5.8/ 12.5/ 5.7) 7 Derbyshire BS monthly or yearly interest? 18.1 ( 8.7/ 9.2/ 3.8) 10 Tax Return - calculating interested 17.7 ( 8.8/ 9.0/ 3.8) 10 Credit report questions. 17.3 ( 9.8/ 7.2/ 3.3) 9 Correcting Fixed Asset mistakes 17.0 ( 8.2/ 8.6/ 3.7) 11 Joint Savings Account with Internet Access?? 16.7 ( 9.1/ 7.6/ 4.8) 10 Students and council tax.
Top 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts) ============================================= (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Subject
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0.986 ( 12.7/ 12.9) 3 NYT: Chile's Retirees Find Shortfall in Private Plan
0.794 ( 3.2/ 4.0) 3 second-home in new style SIPP
0.777 ( 0.9/ 1.1) 4 NI number and banks.
0.743 ( 2.4/ 3.3) 7 Wentworth Direct Finance
0.740 ( 2.0/ 2.7) 3 Bank Charges
0.738 ( 2.1/ 2.8) 4 Stamp Duty
0.718 ( 4.9/ 6.9) 5 ABBEY NATIONAL REMORTGAGE ERROR
0.716 ( 1.2/ 1.7) 5 Computer related assets - 100% capital allowance?
0.710 ( 1.5/ 2.2) 8 Business Opportunities
0.694 ( 0.7/ 1.0) 3 Interest on Business Current Account
Bottom 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts) ================================================ (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Subject
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0.402 ( 17.0 / 42.4) 58 Polish VAT scam
0.384 ( 1.9 / 4.9) 10 Sort Codes.
0.380 ( 0.5 / 1.4) 3 Cash ISA limit 2005 / 06 ?
0.376 ( 7.6 / 20.3) 12 Money in trust for kids
0.359 ( 3.1 / 8.5) 8 How to accept payment for selling a car? (CHAPS?)
0.359 ( 1.2 / 3.2) 4 Should we wait to buy our first property?
0.342 ( 3.4 / 10.0) 6 Only paying interest on mortgage
0.340 ( 3.1 / 9.1) 8 P60 help please
0.296 ( 2.3 / 7.9) 5 Premium Bonds
0.213 ( 0.5 / 2.5) 3 Advice on how to deal with windfall please
Top 10 Targets for Crossposts ============================ Articles Newsgroup
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65 uk.legal 45 uk.misc 5 alt.politics.bush 4 uk.politics.misc 2 uk.business.accountancy 2 uk.finance.stockmarket
Top 10 Crossposters ================== Articles Address
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19 "Martin Davies" 12 "Andy Pandy" 6 snipped-for-privacy@miniac.demon.co.uk 6 Tom 6 "Nebulous" 6 snipped-for-privacy@nukesoft.co.uk 4 Mark Preston 4 WLTK 4 "S Nitchel" 4 Alan G