Statistics for uk.finance for week ending Sun Mar 6 12:54:17 2005

Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period, beginning at 27 Feb 2005 12:53:54 GMT and ending at

06 Mar 2005 12:14:15 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: 109 Articles: 389 (96 with cutlined signatures) Threads: 65 Volume generated: 767.0 kb - headers: 361.9 kb (6,584 lines) - bodies: 399.3 kb (10,501 lines) - original: 241.6 kb (6,532 lines) - signatures: 5.5 kb (299 lines)

Original Content Rating: 0.605

Averages ======= Posts per poster: 3.6 median: 2 posts mode: 1 post - 48 posters s: 5.9 posts Posts per thread: 6.0 median: 2 posts mode: 1 post - 23 threads s: 9.8 posts Message size: 2019.2 bytes - header: 952.6 bytes (16.9 lines) - body: 1051.1 bytes (27.0 lines) - original: 635.9 bytes (16.8 lines) - signature: 14.5 bytes (0.8 lines)

Top 10 Posters by Number of Posts ================================ (kb) (kb) (kb) (kb) Posts Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Address

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37 77.2 ( 43.4/ 33.8/ 15.9) "Tim" 27 55.9 ( 29.1/ 26.8/ 14.0) Ronald Raygun 21 35.6 ( 22.0/ 13.3/ 6.5) john boyle 18 39.7 ( 22.8/ 16.9/ 8.6) "Sammy" 18 48.9 ( 11.3/ 37.7/ 34.0) Stormlx 15 23.7 ( 16.1/ 7.6/ 4.5) "John Redman" 10 13.3 ( 8.0/ 5.3/ 1.9) "Alex" 9 17.6 ( 8.6/ 9.0/ 5.0) M Holmes 9 17.6 ( 6.2/ 11.0/ 3.1) "Doug Ramage" 9 16.3 ( 6.1/ 9.3/ 2.8) "Tumbleweed"

These posters accounted for 44.5% of all articles.

Top 10 Posters by Volume ======================= (kb) (kb) (kb) (kb) Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Address

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77.2 ( 43.4/ 33.8/ 15.9) 37 "Tim" 55.9 ( 29.1/ 26.8/ 14.0) 27 Ronald Raygun 48.9 ( 11.3/ 37.7/ 34.0) 18 Stormlx 39.7 ( 22.8/ 16.9/ 8.6) 18 "Sammy" 35.6 ( 22.0/ 13.3/ 6.5) 21 john boyle 23.7 ( 16.1/ 7.6/ 4.5) 15 "John Redman" 19.8 ( 9.0/ 10.8/ 5.4) 8 "tim" 17.6 ( 8.6/ 9.0/ 5.0) 9 M Holmes 17.6 ( 6.2/ 11.0/ 3.1) 9 "Doug Ramage" 16.3 ( 6.1/ 9.3/ 2.8) 9 "Tumbleweed"

These posters accounted for 46.0% of the total volume.

Top 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts) ============================================= (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Address

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0.904 ( 34.0 / 37.7) 18 Stormlx 0.844 ( 4.8 / 5.7) 7 snipped-for-privacy@privacy.net 0.682 ( 4.3 / 6.3) 6 Peter Ramm 0.589 ( 4.5 / 7.6) 15 "John Redman" 0.552 ( 3.3 / 6.0) 7 di@nospampleaseori'llcry.mogga.com 0.551 ( 5.0 / 9.0) 9 M Holmes 0.534 ( 3.2 / 6.0) 5 "Nebulous" 0.523 ( 14.0 / 26.8) 27 Ronald Raygun 0.508 ( 8.6 / 16.9) 18 "Sammy" 0.501 ( 5.4 / 10.8) 8 "tim"

Bottom 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts) ================================================ (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Address

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0.501 ( 5.4 / 10.8) 8 "tim" 0.497 ( 3.4 / 6.8) 6 snipped-for-privacy@isbd.co.uk 0.486 ( 6.5 / 13.3) 21 john boyle 0.470 ( 15.9 / 33.8) 37 "Tim" 0.453 ( 3.8 / 8.3) 6 Richard Buttrey 0.414 ( 1.7 / 4.0) 6 "Steve Frazer" 0.360 ( 1.9 / 5.3) 10 "Alex" 0.335 ( 0.9 / 2.7) 7 Jonathan Bryce 0.302 ( 2.8 / 9.3) 9 "Tumbleweed" 0.278 ( 3.1 / 11.0) 9 "Doug Ramage"

Top 10 Threads by Number of Posts ================================ Posts Subject

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48 The Great House Price Crash 2005 29 UK Government Debt 25 credit card fraud 25 TheAA advertises 5.8% loans - SCAM or what? 20 Identity Fraud On The Increase In UK 19 REALLY DIFFICULT SITUATION 18 Annual premium - Period of grace? 17 Do most Buy-To-Leter's seek equity gain or rental income??? 16 Should I get a loan? 14 Cheapest way to pay into US bank account?

Top 10 Threads by Volume ======================= (kb) (kb) (kb) (kb) Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Subject

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113.2 ( 57.7/ 55.0/ 28.0) 48 The Great House Price Crash 2005 58.1 ( 36.3/ 21.5/ 10.8) 29 UK Government Debt 48.2 ( 20.9/ 26.3/ 14.0) 25 TheAA advertises 5.8% loans - SCAM or what? 42.5 ( 22.6/ 19.6/ 9.8) 25 credit card fraud 35.8 ( 19.8/ 15.3/ 5.6) 19 REALLY DIFFICULT SITUATION 33.2 ( 17.2/ 15.9/ 8.6) 18 Annual premium - Period of grace? 32.4 ( 17.7/ 14.5/ 7.1) 17 Do most Buy-To-Leter's seek equity gain or rental income??? 30.7 ( 13.4/ 17.2/ 7.4) 14 Cheapest way to pay into US bank account? 30.0 ( 17.4/ 12.3/ 5.1) 20 Identity Fraud On The Increase In UK 28.3 ( 9.7/ 18.4/ 12.2) 11 Thinking of giving in my notice at work

Top 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts) ============================================= (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Subject

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0.958 ( 8.2/ 8.5) 3 Acquire discounted UK Buy-to-Let property directly from the developer 0.902 ( 5.6/ 6.2) 6 Can housing market crash? 0.767 ( 5.9/ 7.7) 6 Endowment - surrender, sell or keep? 0.718 ( 1.6/ 2.3) 5 Visa electron in the USA? 0.703 ( 1.9/ 2.7) 3 Letting A Properrty - Any Tips? 0.664 ( 12.2/ 18.4) 11 Thinking of giving in my notice at work 0.606 ( 2.2/ 3.7) 5 Will I have to pay 40% Tax? 0.604 ( 3.2/ 5.2) 6 Tax on lottery winnings "gifts"? 0.598 ( 3.9/ 6.6) 8 US dollar accounts 0.596 ( 0.7/ 1.2) 5 How will they pay for this idea?

Bottom 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts) ================================================ (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Subject

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0.450 ( 3.6 / 7.9) 8 Endowment policies 0.448 ( 0.6 / 1.3) 3 Any credit cards that do price promise and/or extended warranty? 0.448 ( 1.5 / 3.3) 4 PAYE & expenses claims 0.432 ( 7.4 / 17.2) 14 Cheapest way to pay into US bank account? 0.420 ( 1.4 / 3.4) 4 Mortgage question... go to interest only for a while? 0.412 ( 5.1 / 12.3) 20 Identity Fraud On The Increase In UK 0.390 ( 6.1 / 15.8) 16 Should I get a loan? 0.366 ( 5.6 / 15.3) 19 REALLY DIFFICULT SITUATION 0.358 ( 2.4 / 6.8) 5 Close company dividend payments question 0.356 ( 2.2 / 6.3) 5 Tax spreadsheet

Top 10 Targets for Crossposts ============================ Articles Newsgroup

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14 uk.legal 6 soc.culture.british 6 uk.community.social-housing 5 alt.travel 5 misc.invest.real-estate 5 rec.travel.misc 3 alt.business.property 3 misc.int-property 3 misc.consumers 2 soc.retirement

Top 10 Crossposters ================== Articles Address

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7 Stormlx 6 "Steve Frazer" 5 Steve Firth 4 C. Jones make $ 4 john boyle 4 Bert Hyman 3 galt snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com 3 "John Bishop" 3 Tam 2 "Sammy"
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