Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period, beginning at 11 Jul 2004 09:28:59 GMT and ending at
18 Jul 2004 00:51:56 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: 150 Articles: 476 (120 with cutlined signatures) Threads: 79 Volume generated: 851.2 kb - headers: 405.3 kb (7,727 lines) - bodies: 438.3 kb (11,835 lines) - original: 212.9 kb (6,308 lines) - signatures: 7.2 kb (305 lines)
Original Content Rating: 0.486
Averages ======= Posts per poster: 3.2 median: 2.0 posts mode: 1 post - 72 posters s: 4.7 posts Posts per thread: 6.0 median: 4 posts mode: 1 post - 14 threads s: 5.4 posts Message size: 1831.2 bytes - header: 871.8 bytes (16.2 lines) - body: 942.8 bytes (24.9 lines) - original: 458.0 bytes (13.3 lines) - signature: 15.6 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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36 80.8 ( 36.3/ 44.5/ 22.5) Ronald Raygun 23 44.9 ( 16.9/ 28.0/ 21.0) Tam 23 44.8 ( 23.3/ 21.2/ 8.6) john boyle 19 32.5 ( 15.0/ 17.5/ 6.1) "Alex" 16 29.4 ( 12.4/ 16.8/ 5.2) snipped-for-privacy@isbd.co.uk 11 12.2 ( 6.4/ 5.8/ 3.3) "Adrian Boliston" 11 19.1 ( 10.9/ 7.0/ 4.2) JF 11 19.1 ( 7.3/ 11.8/ 3.1) "Doug Ramage" 10 17.9 ( 11.0/ 6.9/ 2.5) "Tim" 9 13.5 ( 7.5/ 5.1/ 3.4) GSV Three Minds in a Can
These posters accounted for 35.5% of all articles.
Top 10 Posters by Volume ======================= (kb) (kb) (kb) (kb) Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Address
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80.8 ( 36.3/ 44.5/ 22.5) 36 Ronald Raygun 44.9 ( 16.9/ 28.0/ 21.0) 23 Tam 44.8 ( 23.3/ 21.2/ 8.6) 23 john boyle 32.5 ( 15.0/ 17.5/ 6.1) 19 "Alex" 29.4 ( 12.4/ 16.8/ 5.2) 16 snipped-for-privacy@isbd.co.uk 26.3 ( 8.5/ 17.7/ 9.8) 8 "Jack" 20.0 ( 9.1/ 10.5/ 2.3) 8 snipped-for-privacy@petersaxton.co.uk 19.1 ( 7.3/ 11.8/ 3.1) 11 "Doug Ramage" 19.1 ( 10.9/ 7.0/ 4.2) 11 JF 17.9 ( 11.0/ 6.9/ 2.5) 10 "Tim"
These posters accounted for 39.3% of the total volume.
Top 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts) ============================================= (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Address
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0.749 ( 21.0 / 28.0) 23 Tam
0.713 ( 4.0 / 5.6) 5 Alan
0.653 ( 3.4 / 5.1) 9 GSV Three Minds in a Can
0.616 ( 3.9 / 6.3) 6 "dp"
0.608 ( 4.2 / 7.0) 11 JF
0.568 ( 3.3 / 5.8) 11 "Adrian Boliston"
0.553 ( 9.8 / 17.7) 8 "Jack"
0.537 ( 2.4 / 4.5) 7 snipped-for-privacy@junk.com
0.531 ( 4.8 / 9.1) 7 "Chris"
0.523 ( 3.5 / 6.8) 5 Tom Robinson
Bottom 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts) ================================================ (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Address
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0.395 ( 2.8 / 7.0) 8 Benthamman
0.360 ( 1.4 / 3.8) 8 Jonathan Bryce
0.356 ( 2.5 / 6.9) 10 "Tim"
0.347 ( 6.1 / 17.5) 19 "Alex"
0.328 ( 0.6 / 1.9) 5 "Peter Crosland"
0.312 ( 5.2 / 16.8) 16 snipped-for-privacy@isbd.co.uk
0.277 ( 1.6 / 5.8) 5 "tim"
0.263 ( 3.1 / 11.8) 11 "Doug Ramage"
0.218 ( 2.3 / 10.5) 8 snipped-for-privacy@petersaxton.co.uk
0.185 ( 0.8 / 4.1) 5 "Tumbleweed"
Top 10 Threads by Number of Posts ================================ Posts Subject
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24 Married Couple - Savings in Non Tax Payers a/c ? 23 credit applications 21 Cheque into different account? 17 Mortgage Endowment Compensation Offer 16 Credit card companies certainly know how to discourage customers reporting criminals! 16 reproduce invoice 16 Can a credit card do this? 15 30 fine. 15 Discussion about parallel importing (from US) into the UK. 12 I'm looking for finacial advice.
Top 10 Threads by Volume ======================= (kb) (kb) (kb) (kb) Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Subject
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62.8 ( 18.8/ 44.0/ 23.7) 17 Mortgage Endowment Compensation Offer 42.7 ( 21.1/ 21.3/ 9.2) 24 Married Couple - Savings in Non Tax Payers a/c ? 40.6 ( 18.5/ 21.9/ 13.8) 21 Cheque into different account? 37.7 ( 19.8/ 17.5/ 6.6) 23 credit applications 35.0 ( 17.2/ 17.4/ 5.2) 16 Credit card companies certainly know how to discourage customers reporting criminals! 32.9 ( 14.1/ 18.4/ 7.8) 16 reproduce invoice 29.1 ( 14.3/ 14.2/ 6.5) 15 Discussion about parallel importing (from US) into the UK. 27.9 ( 11.1/ 16.5/ 5.2) 15 30 fine. 26.6 ( 15.2/ 11.4/ 4.3) 16 Can a credit card do this? 24.1 ( 9.4/ 14.4/ 6.0) 11 Advice about Internet Bank Accounts
Top 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts) ============================================= (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Subject
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0.863 ( 2.2/ 2.6) 12 I'm looking for finacial advice.
0.803 ( 2.8/ 3.5) 4 [OT] Re: BEWARE PAYPAL! ---
0.768 ( 2.7/ 3.5) 5 best way to convert a one-off sum of euros to uk pounds...?
0.760 ( 2.5/ 3.3) 4 Double Charge?
0.742 ( 1.2/ 1.6) 5 Long/short borrowing/lending
0.697 ( 1.3/ 1.8) 3 money abroad ?
0.691 ( 4.9/ 7.1) 7 Cash withdrawal aborad - ATM charges
0.659 ( 0.9/ 1.3) 3 NatWest One account
0.630 ( 13.8/ 21.9) 21 Cheque into different account?
0.621 ( 0.8/ 1.3) 5 Whats the best account for interest rates / savings?
Bottom 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts) ================================================ (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Subject
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0.383 ( 0.9 / 2.4) 3 Second Charge?
0.378 ( 4.3 / 11.4) 16 Can a credit card do this?
0.377 ( 2.3 / 6.2) 4 On-line opening and ID.
0.376 ( 6.6 / 17.5) 23 credit applications
0.314 ( 5.2 / 16.5) 15 30 fine.
0.311 ( 1.9 / 6.0) 5 credit card offers
0.304 ( 1.9 / 6.4) 4 Stupid banks.
0.303 ( 0.4 / 1.3) 3 Beneficial Visa
0.297 ( 5.2 / 17.4) 16 Credit card companies certainly know how to discourage customers reporting criminals!
0.215 ( 1.6 / 7.5) 6 Capital One - is this practise legal?
Top 10 Targets for Crossposts ============================ Articles Newsgroup
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76 uk.legal 15 alt.uk.law 15 us.legal 4 sci.econ 4 uk.business.agriculture 4 uk.telecom.mobile 4 uk.d-i-y 4 uk.consultants 4 uk.comp.homebuilt 4 uk.rec.walking
Top 10 Crossposters ================== Articles Address
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12 Ronald Raygun 7 "ebay This" 7 Tam 7 Franz Heymann 7 snipped-for-privacy@isbd.co.uk 6 "Old Codger" 6 "Graeme" 5 Derek Moody 5 "Andy Luckman (AJL Electronics)" 5 John-Smith