Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period, beginning at 30 May 2004 09:23:53 GMT and ending at
06 Jun 2004 07:34:21 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: 95 Articles: 313 (59 with cutlined signatures) Threads: 56 Volume generated: 558.7 kb - headers: 267.5 kb (5,152 lines) - bodies: 286.6 kb (7,769 lines) - original: 136.8 kb (4,082 lines) - signatures: 4.4 kb (194 lines)
Original Content Rating: 0.477
Averages ======= Posts per poster: 3.3 median: 2 posts mode: 1 post - 47 posters s: 4.8 posts Posts per thread: 5.6 median: 3.0 posts mode: 1 post - 15 threads s: 11.1 posts Message size: 1827.7 bytes - header: 875.0 bytes (16.5 lines) - body: 937.5 bytes (24.8 lines) - original: 447.5 bytes (13.0 lines) - signature: 14.2 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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22 45.8 ( 21.9/ 23.9/ 12.1) Ronald Raygun 21 45.1 ( 21.5/ 23.4/ 9.1) john boyle 21 36.9 ( 13.1/ 23.7/ 6.6) "Doug Ramage" 13 25.5 ( 9.4/ 16.1/ 5.0) Chris Blunt 12 19.8 ( 7.9/ 11.9/ 3.2) "half_pint" 11 19.4 ( 9.1/ 9.7/ 3.3) "Tumbleweed" 11 14.5 ( 9.3/ 5.1/ 2.4) criticaldensity 10 14.1 ( 8.8/ 5.3/ 2.8) snipped-for-privacy@junk.com 8 12.5 ( 7.2/ 5.2/ 3.0) Thom 8 14.7 ( 5.7/ 9.0/ 5.8) aris
These posters accounted for 43.8% of all articles.
Top 10 Posters by Volume ======================= (kb) (kb) (kb) (kb) Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Address
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45.8 ( 21.9/ 23.9/ 12.1) 22 Ronald Raygun 45.1 ( 21.5/ 23.4/ 9.1) 21 john boyle 36.9 ( 13.1/ 23.7/ 6.6) 21 "Doug Ramage" 25.5 ( 9.4/ 16.1/ 5.0) 13 Chris Blunt 22.7 ( 2.5/ 20.1/ 20.1) 4 Sufaud 19.8 ( 7.9/ 11.9/ 3.2) 12 "half_pint" 19.4 ( 9.1/ 9.7/ 3.3) 11 "Tumbleweed" 15.1 ( 8.3/ 6.8/ 3.7) 8 "Rhoy the Bhoy" 14.7 ( 5.7/ 9.0/ 5.8) 8 aris 14.5 ( 9.3/ 5.1/ 2.4) 11 criticaldensity
These posters accounted for 46.4% of the total volume.
Top 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts) ============================================= (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Address
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0.643 ( 5.8 / 9.0) 8 aris
0.636 ( 3.6 / 5.7) 6 Tam
0.624 ( 2.8 / 4.5) 8 Tanuj Shah
0.564 ( 3.0 / 5.2) 8 Thom
0.544 ( 3.7 / 6.8) 8 "Rhoy the Bhoy"
0.523 ( 2.8 / 5.3) 10 snipped-for-privacy@junk.com
0.507 ( 12.1 / 23.9) 22 Ronald Raygun
0.467 ( 2.4 / 5.1) 11 criticaldensity
0.451 ( 1.7 / 3.8) 5 "tim"
0.421 ( 1.0 / 2.5) 6 "Tim"
Bottom 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts) ================================================ (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Address
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0.421 ( 1.0 / 2.5) 6 "Tim"
0.400 ( 3.1 / 7.6) 5 Alan Norris
0.389 ( 9.1 / 23.4) 21 john boyle
0.339 ( 3.3 / 9.7) 11 "Tumbleweed"
0.317 ( 1.4 / 4.5) 5 rob
0.310 ( 5.0 / 16.1) 13 Chris Blunt
0.277 ( 6.6 / 23.7) 21 "Doug Ramage"
0.267 ( 3.2 / 11.9) 12 "half_pint"
0.262 ( 0.7 / 2.6) 6 Jonathan Bryce
0.147 ( 0.9 / 5.8) 6 "Paul W"
Top 10 Threads by Number of Posts ================================ Posts Subject
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41 Petrol price - the pin to pop the bubble? 28 ATM limits. 22 Capital Gains Tax 19 D Tel: Brown's housing plan 'will devastate country' 18 Buchanan Clark & Wells 14 Getting VAT back 12 Applying for Credit Cards - a/c number? 10 Barclays credit card - 0% for 14 months launches 16th June 10 Reasons for increasing oil prices ? 9 Offshore current account
Top 10 Threads by Volume ======================= (kb) (kb) (kb) (kb) Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Subject
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67.0 ( 34.2/ 32.2/ 13.3) 41 Petrol price - the pin to pop the bubble? 66.4 ( 29.0/ 37.2/ 16.3) 28 ATM limits. 44.9 ( 17.6/ 27.3/ 10.1) 22 Capital Gains Tax 34.3 ( 15.7/ 18.1/ 10.7) 19 D Tel: Brown's housing plan 'will devastate country' 33.3 ( 12.9/ 20.4/ 6.7) 18 Buchanan Clark & Wells 21.4 ( 12.2/ 9.1/ 3.9) 14 Getting VAT back 19.4 ( 11.6/ 7.8/ 3.9) 12 Applying for Credit Cards - a/c number? 16.1 ( 8.5/ 7.6/ 3.5) 10 Barclays credit card - 0% for 14 months launches 16th June 15.3 ( 4.2/ 11.1/ 3.5) 6 Nationwide's Call Centre is bl**dy useless 15.3 ( 9.1/ 6.1/ 1.8) 8 Indemnity insurance
Top 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts) ============================================= (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Subject
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1.000 ( 0.7/ 0.7) 3 Offer on pensions mis-selling-accept?
0.989 ( 1.9/ 1.9) 3 Financial Freedom...
0.876 ( 1.6/ 1.9) 3 A Culture of Regulation
0.656 ( 2.7/ 4.1) 4 Infaltion's erosion of my spending power.
0.629 ( 0.9/ 1.5) 3 Is it possible to sell a life assurance policy?
0.612 ( 0.4/ 0.7) 3 Catital Gains Tax?
0.607 ( 0.6/ 1.0) 7 Sort Code
0.592 ( 10.7/ 18.1) 19 D Tel: Brown's housing plan 'will devastate country'
0.573 ( 2.1/ 3.6) 4 Offshore Companies
0.553 ( 3.8/ 6.9) 9 Offshore current account
Bottom 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts) ================================================ (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Subject
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0.391 ( 0.5 / 1.3) 3 Buy to let will die next month
0.383 ( 0.9 / 2.4) 4 tax rate on savings
0.369 ( 10.1 / 27.3) 22 Capital Gains Tax
0.362 ( 0.9 / 2.4) 3 mortgages in uk
0.343 ( 2.0 / 5.9) 7 Regular Euro payments within UK - how?
0.327 ( 6.7 / 20.4) 18 Buchanan Clark & Wells
0.321 ( 1.0 / 3.2) 4 Leaving a House....
0.318 ( 3.5 / 11.1) 6 Nationwide's Call Centre is bl**dy useless
0.292 ( 1.8 / 6.1) 8 Indemnity insurance
0.136 ( 0.7 / 5.4) 5 Pool car / company car
Top 10 Targets for Crossposts ============================ Articles Newsgroup
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30 uk.legal 11 ie.general 4 ie.politics 3 uk.business.accountancy 3 uk.politics.crime 3 uk.politics.parliament 3 uk.current-events.general 2 uk.politics.misc 1 uk.finance.stockmarket 1 alt.uk.law
Top 10 Crossposters ================== Articles Address
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17 "Rhoy the Bhoy" 6 "Rhoy the Bhoy" 5 Alan Norris 5 snipped-for-privacy@junk.com 4 Malcolm McMahon 4 "Lion Stakeover" 4 snipped-for-privacy@crap.com 3 "Doug Ramage" 3 bigbrian 2 snipped-for-privacy@d.ir