Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period, beginning at 04 Jul 2004 08:08:23 GMT and ending at
11 Jul 2004 06:44:32 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: 146 Articles: 500 (94 with cutlined signatures) Threads: 64 Volume generated: 989.7 kb - headers: 426.5 kb (8,181 lines) - bodies: 555.8 kb (15,125 lines) - original: 252.6 kb (7,443 lines) - signatures: 6.9 kb (327 lines)
Original Content Rating: 0.454
Averages ======= Posts per poster: 3.4 median: 2.0 posts mode: 1 post - 64 posters s: 4.1 posts Posts per thread: 7.8 median: 4.0 posts mode: 1 post - 11 threads s: 9.7 posts Message size: 2026.9 bytes - header: 873.4 bytes (16.4 lines) - body: 1138.4 bytes (30.2 lines) - original: 517.2 bytes (14.9 lines) - signature: 14.1 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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21 40.9 ( 23.1/ 17.7/ 9.2) Ronald Raygun 18 33.4 ( 19.2/ 14.2/ 6.2) "Tim" 17 40.1 ( 13.7/ 26.3/ 8.7) "Aosmosis" 15 31.4 ( 17.5/ 13.8/ 5.0) john boyle 15 23.6 ( 13.2/ 10.4/ 4.8) snipped-for-privacy@junk.com 15 31.5 ( 9.6/ 21.9/ 3.5) "Doug Ramage" 14 38.0 ( 15.5/ 22.5/ 6.4) curiosity 13 23.9 ( 15.0/ 8.9/ 6.8) "dp" 10 13.3 ( 6.5/ 6.7/ 2.3) "Peter Crosland" 10 17.1 ( 5.7/ 10.4/ 4.2) "Tumbleweed"These posters accounted for 29.6% of all articles.
Top 10 Posters by Volume ======================= (kb) (kb) (kb) (kb) Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Address
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40.9 ( 23.1/ 17.7/ 9.2) 21 Ronald Raygun 40.8 ( 1.0/ 39.8/ 39.8) 1 "Titter Ye Not Missus !" 40.1 ( 13.7/ 26.3/ 8.7) 17 "Aosmosis" 38.0 ( 15.5/ 22.5/ 6.4) 14 curiosity 33.4 ( 19.2/ 14.2/ 6.2) 18 "Tim" 31.6 ( 10.6/ 21.0/ 9.3) 10 "Eric Jones" 31.5 ( 9.6/ 21.9/ 3.5) 15 "Doug Ramage" 31.4 ( 17.5/ 13.8/ 5.0) 15 john boyle 23.9 ( 15.0/ 8.9/ 6.8) 13 "dp" 23.6 ( 13.2/ 10.4/ 4.8) 15 snipped-for-privacy@junk.comThese posters accounted for 33.9% of the total volume.
Top 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts) ============================================= (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Address
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0.765 ( 6.8 / 8.9) 13 "dp" 0.730 ( 5.5 / 7.6) 5 Tam 0.675 ( 2.2 / 3.3) 6 Thom 0.666 ( 9.9 / 14.9) 7 M Holmes 0.594 ( 1.9 / 3.2) 6 "Pet Lover" 0.571 ( 1.6 / 2.8) 5 "Adrian Boliston" 0.529 ( 5.1 / 9.7) 5 "Frank Booth Snr" 0.520 ( 3.0 / 5.8) 9 "Terry Harper" 0.520 ( 9.2 / 17.7) 21 Ronald Raygun 0.466 ( 1.7 / 3.7) 5 GSV Three Minds in a CanBottom 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts) ================================================ (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Address
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0.361 ( 5.0 / 13.8) 15 john boyle 0.353 ( 3.1 / 8.9) 10 "Alex" 0.345 ( 2.3 / 6.7) 10 "Peter Crosland" 0.339 ( 3.1 / 9.2) 6 "Alec" 0.329 ( 8.7 / 26.3) 17 "Aosmosis" 0.291 ( 1.9 / 6.5) 7 Phil Deane 0.285 ( 6.4 / 22.5) 14 curiosity 0.278 ( 2.4 / 8.8) 7 snipped-for-privacy@hetnet.nl 0.224 ( 1.8 / 8.0) 8 snipped-for-privacy@ukaccountant.net 0.159 ( 3.5 / 21.9) 15 "Doug Ramage"Top 10 Threads by Number of Posts ================================ Posts Subject
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49 Paypal Concern 46 SIGNS OF A TURNING HOUSING MARKET 24 cheque 'guarantee'? 23 New job tax question 23 Premium Bond Diary 21 credit card offers 21 Offsetting (IF, OneAccount, FD) 20 Bizzarre or what? Barclays run by zombies? 19 On-line opening and ID. 14 Cheque into different account?Top 10 Threads by Volume ======================= (kb) (kb) (kb) (kb) Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Subject
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112.4 ( 47.3/ 65.0/ 27.4) 46 SIGNS OF A TURNING HOUSING MARKET 88.7 ( 38.3/ 49.2/ 18.3) 49 Paypal Concern 52.5 ( 18.5/ 33.7/ 13.6) 19 On-line opening and ID. 50.8 ( 31.7/ 19.0/ 8.0) 24 cheque 'guarantee'? 50.7 ( 22.2/ 28.5/ 8.8) 23 New job tax question 44.6 ( 1.7/ 42.8/ 41.2) 2 How to Stooz ! 43.0 ( 4.8/ 38.0/ 4.1) 6 BEWARE PAYPAL! --- 39.3 ( 14.7/ 24.0/ 9.5) 20 Bizzarre or what? Barclays run by zombies? 35.8 ( 20.0/ 15.4/ 7.3) 23 Premium Bond Diary 32.9 ( 14.9/ 17.6/ 8.0) 21 credit card offersTop 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts) ============================================= (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Subject
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0.849 ( 1.6/ 1.9) 3 Interfacing to bank systems 0.831 ( 1.8/ 2.2) 3 company formation from abraod ? 0.726 ( 1.1/ 1.5) 4 Best CC for chargebacks 0.718 ( 1.7/ 2.4) 5 Mortgage Question: Transferring a mortgage to a new property. 0.678 ( 1.0/ 1.5) 4 FTSE linked bonds 0.657 ( 0.8/ 1.2) 3 40% tax 0.643 ( 6.6/ 10.2) 14 Newbie to buying shares! 0.643 ( 1.8/ 2.9) 7 fpc2 exam papers 0.630 ( 6.4/ 10.1) 12 Discussion about parallel importing (from US) into the UK. 0.621 ( 1.4/ 2.3) 4 American Tax on lotto Winnings?Bottom 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts) ================================================ (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Subject
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0.357 ( 2.3 / 6.4) 5 Question on accounts 0.346 ( 3.2 / 9.3) 10 Capital Gains Tax on second home 0.330 ( 2.5 / 7.5) 4 [OT]Re: BEWARE PAYPAL! --- 0.330 ( 1.8 / 5.3) 6 Trust Cards? 0.309 ( 8.8 / 28.5) 23 New job tax question 0.304 ( 2.1 / 6.9) 8 Ebay taxes 0.298 ( 0.8 / 2.8) 5 Nationwide customers please read.. 0.274 ( 3.5 / 12.8) 12 loan query 0.274 ( 0.5 / 1.8) 3 [OT] Re: BEWARE PAYPAL! --- 0.107 ( 4.1 / 38.0) 6 BEWARE PAYPAL! ---Top 10 Targets for Crossposts ============================ Articles Newsgroup
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45 uk.people.consumers.ebay 39 uk.legal 12 alt.uk.law 12 us.legal 11 uk.telecom.mobile 11 uk.d-i-y 11 uk.comp.homebuilt 9 uk.business.agriculture 9 uk.rec.walking 7 alt.marketing.online.ebayTop 10 Crossposters ================== Articles Address
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15 "ebay This" 12 "Graeme" 9 "Peter Crosland" 9 Tim Jackson 7 "Aosmosis" 7 "Tim" 7 Borstal Boy 6 "a" 6 "Jim Webster" 6 Ronald Raygun