Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period, beginning at 06 Jun 2004 08:19:12 GMT and ending at
13 Jun 2004 08:11:08 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: 99 Articles: 310 (68 with cutlined signatures) Threads: 40 Volume generated: 552.1 kb - headers: 258.7 kb (5,040 lines) - bodies: 288.1 kb (8,046 lines) - original: 134.0 kb (4,203 lines) - signatures: 5.0 kb (163 lines)
Original Content Rating: 0.465
Averages ======= Posts per poster: 3.1 median: 1 post mode: 1 post - 55 posters s: 4.7 posts Posts per thread: 7.8 median: 5.0 posts mode: 1 post - 8 threads s: 11.4 posts Message size: 1823.8 bytes - header: 854.5 bytes (16.3 lines) - body: 951.6 bytes (26.0 lines) - original: 442.6 bytes (13.6 lines) - signature: 16.7 bytes (0.5 lines)
Top 10 Posters by Number of Posts ================================ (kb) (kb) (kb) (kb) Posts Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Address
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22 47.6 ( 14.6/ 33.0/ 11.0) "Doug Ramage" 21 33.2 ( 20.2/ 13.0/ 6.7) "Tim" 18 44.3 ( 13.8/ 30.4/ 9.9) "half_pint" 17 23.9 ( 15.1/ 8.6/ 3.8) john boyle 13 37.8 ( 14.6/ 23.0/ 9.5) Mike 13 23.5 ( 11.5/ 10.7/ 4.7) GSV Three Minds in a Can 10 15.6 ( 7.2/ 8.4/ 1.7) "Alex" 9 24.1 ( 9.0/ 15.1/ 10.1) Ronald Raygun 9 17.8 ( 5.4/ 12.5/ 6.1) "BrianW" 8 8.2 ( 6.7/ 1.5/ 1.0) snipped-for-privacy@junk.comThese posters accounted for 45.2% of all articles.
Top 10 Posters by Volume ======================= (kb) (kb) (kb) (kb) Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Address
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47.6 ( 14.6/ 33.0/ 11.0) 22 "Doug Ramage" 44.3 ( 13.8/ 30.4/ 9.9) 18 "half_pint" 37.8 ( 14.6/ 23.0/ 9.5) 13 Mike 33.2 ( 20.2/ 13.0/ 6.7) 21 "Tim" 24.1 ( 9.0/ 15.1/ 10.1) 9 Ronald Raygun 23.9 ( 15.1/ 8.6/ 3.8) 17 john boyle 23.5 ( 11.5/ 10.7/ 4.7) 13 GSV Three Minds in a Can 17.8 ( 5.4/ 12.5/ 6.1) 9 "BrianW" 15.6 ( 7.2/ 8.4/ 1.7) 10 "Alex" 11.2 ( 3.7/ 7.5/ 3.1) 6 Chris BluntThese posters accounted for 50.5% of the total volume.
Top 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts) ============================================= (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Address
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0.716 ( 1.0 / 1.5) 5 "Flexi" 0.677 ( 1.1 / 1.7) 5 "D.A.L." 0.667 ( 10.1 / 15.1) 9 Ronald Raygun 0.659 ( 1.0 / 1.5) 8 snipped-for-privacy@junk.com 0.632 ( 1.4 / 2.3) 5 "Sunil Sood" 0.554 ( 2.7 / 4.9) 6 "Marcus Collie" 0.550 ( 3.1 / 5.6) 5 "stuart noble"