Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period, beginning at 21 Nov 2004 09:29:04 GMT and ending at
28 Nov 2004 08:41:38 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: 156 Articles: 609 (202 with cutlined signatures) Threads: 94 Volume generated: 1172.2 kb - headers: 563.0 kb (10,003 lines) - bodies: 592.4 kb (15,253 lines) - original: 338.4 kb (9,231 lines) - signatures: 16.1 kb (588 lines)
Original Content Rating: 0.571
Averages ======= Posts per poster: 3.9 median: 2.0 posts mode: 1 post - 71 posters s: 6.7 posts Posts per thread: 6.5 median: 3.0 posts mode: 1 post - 29 threads s: 10.3 posts Message size: 1970.9 bytes - header: 946.7 bytes (16.4 lines) - body: 996.1 bytes (25.0 lines) - original: 569.0 bytes (15.2 lines) - signature: 27.1 bytes (1.0 lines)
Top 10 Posters by Number of Posts ================================ (kb) (kb) (kb) (kb) Posts Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Address
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36 81.9 ( 42.3/ 39.5/ 21.5) Ronald Raygun 34 64.6 ( 29.3/ 31.7/ 12.0) "Tumbleweed" 28 59.0 ( 29.3/ 29.3/ 16.4) john boyle 26 45.0 ( 27.2/ 17.7/ 7.7) "Tim" 26 59.2 ( 33.8/ 25.3/ 17.0) snipped-for-privacy@cruller.invalid 23 32.3 ( 15.1/ 17.2/ 9.5) snipped-for-privacy@junk.com 19 22.5 ( 13.0/ 9.6/ 4.5) Jonathan Bryce 18 37.8 ( 19.8/ 17.5/ 9.1) "Troy Steadman" 17 31.0 ( 16.5/ 13.2/ 8.7) Jon S Green 17 38.7 ( 18.2/ 19.7/ 8.9) newsgroup
These posters accounted for 40.1% of all articles.
Top 10 Posters by Volume ======================= (kb) (kb) (kb) (kb) Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Address
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81.9 ( 42.3/ 39.5/ 21.5) 36 Ronald Raygun 64.6 ( 29.3/ 31.7/ 12.0) 34 "Tumbleweed" 59.2 ( 33.8/ 25.3/ 17.0) 26 snipped-for-privacy@cruller.invalid 59.0 ( 29.3/ 29.3/ 16.4) 28 john boyle 45.0 ( 27.2/ 17.7/ 7.7) 26 "Tim" 42.9 ( 10.4/ 31.3/ 14.9) 9 SteveR 38.7 ( 18.2/ 19.7/ 8.9) 17 newsgroup 38.1 ( 5.0/ 33.1/ 31.3) 6 Kuacou 37.8 ( 19.8/ 17.5/ 9.1) 18 "Troy Steadman" 32.3 ( 15.1/ 17.2/ 9.5) 23 snipped-for-privacy@junk.com
These posters accounted for 42.6% of the total volume.
Top 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts) ============================================= (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Address
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0.946 ( 31.3 / 33.1) 6 Kuacou
0.838 ( 0.7 / 0.9) 5 "Lo salt"
0.771 ( 4.6 / 6.0) 13 Phil Thompson
0.704 ( 5.6 / 8.0) 12 "-oo0-GoldTrader-0oo-"
0.673 ( 17.0 / 25.3) 26 snipped-for-privacy@cruller.invalid
0.658 ( 8.7 / 13.2) 17 Jon S Green
0.578 ( 1.9 / 3.3) 7 "Neaco"
0.561 ( 16.4 / 29.3) 28 john boyle
0.554 ( 9.5 / 17.2) 23 snipped-for-privacy@junk.com
0.549 ( 4.9 / 9.0) 5 Ray L
Bottom 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts) ================================================ (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Address
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0.451 ( 8.9 / 19.7) 17 newsgroup
0.446 ( 1.8 / 4.0) 6 "Terry Harper"
0.435 ( 7.7 / 17.7) 26 "Tim"
0.405 ( 1.2 / 3.0) 5 criticaldensity
0.395 ( 6.9 / 17.4) 15 snipped-for-privacy@hahooooooo.com
0.378 ( 12.0 / 31.7) 34 "Tumbleweed"
0.360 ( 1.2 / 3.3) 5 "tim"
0.336 ( 3.5 / 10.4) 10 Mike Scott
0.286 ( 1.3 / 4.7) 5 "Alex"
0.239 ( 2.5 / 10.6) 11 snipped-for-privacy@petersaxton.co.uk
Top 10 Threads by Number of Posts ================================ Posts Subject
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68 NYT: Soaring Interest Compounds Credit Card Pain for Millions 26 What is the safest way to pay for a car? 24 Need input on a financial decision 24 ATM fraud and C&P 24 ISA tracker fund where commissions are refunded 23 Woman to lose home after loan for kitchen soars 23 Nogood Boyo: a simple VAT Question 22 ANY FOOLS STILL DENYING HOUSE PRICES ARE TUMBLING ?? 21 Building Society only offering services to "local" people 20 Opening a new bank account
Top 10 Threads by Volume ======================= (kb) (kb) (kb) (kb) Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Subject
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196.4 ( 78.3/114.8/ 72.8) 68 NYT: Soaring Interest Compounds Credit Card Pain for Millions 65.2 ( 33.3/ 31.1/ 16.3) 24 ATM fraud and C&P 55.9 ( 29.8/ 25.7/ 11.1) 23 Nogood Boyo: a simple VAT Question 47.6 ( 20.6/ 27.0/ 11.3) 24 Need input on a financial decision 47.5 ( 23.0/ 23.9/ 13.1) 24 ISA tracker fund where commissions are refunded 42.4 ( 21.5/ 19.9/ 7.7) 23 Woman to lose home after loan for kitchen soars 40.9 ( 22.6/ 17.7/ 10.3) 26 What is the safest way to pay for a car? 40.5 ( 18.6/ 20.8/ 9.0) 16 Phishing 32.3 ( 20.0/ 11.9/ 5.4) 20 Opening a new bank account 31.7 ( 19.5/ 11.6/ 6.5) 21 Building Society only offering services to "local" people
Top 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts) ============================================= (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Subject
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1.000 ( 5.7/ 5.7) 3 trading software for sale
0.885 ( 6.6/ 7.5) 3 Advice on endowment mis-selling
0.834 ( 1.2/ 1.5) 3 Mortgage Applications
0.828 ( 0.9/ 1.1) 5 I make MONEY when OTHER people GAMBLE!!!
0.754 ( 0.7/ 0.9) 3 Bank Credits
0.731 ( 3.1/ 4.2) 3 Pension Advice
0.711 ( 0.7/ 1.0) 3 Mobile Phone insurance
0.671 ( 1.8/ 2.7) 6 Pay solicitor for conveyance by completion day?
0.649 ( 0.9/ 1.4) 3 House-style type TV progs & CGT ?
0.644 ( 6.5/ 10.0) 11 DTel: Woman to lose home after loan for kitchen soars
Bottom 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts) ================================================ (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Subject
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0.421 ( 11.3 / 27.0) 24 Need input on a financial decision
0.418 ( 1.2 / 2.9) 5 Barclays Bank Statements
0.416 ( 2.0 / 4.8) 7 insurance for your fridge (powerhouse)
0.415 ( 0.8 / 1.9) 3 Where is the Tax and Prices Index (TPI)?
0.385 ( 7.7 / 19.9) 23 Woman to lose home after loan for kitchen soars
0.378 ( 3.0 / 7.8) 10 Banco Santander
0.371 ( 2.1 / 5.8) 7 Converting a Finder's Fee into Commission
0.345 ( 2.2 / 6.4) 8 Query RE International Power shares..??
0.336 ( 4.1 / 12.2) 17 Minimum payment 1p
0.228 ( 1.0 / 4.3) 3 Chip and Pin - wot no number?
Top 10 Targets for Crossposts ============================ Articles Newsgroup
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102 misc.consumers 58 uk.legal 43 uk.business.accountancy 18 uk.people.consumers 13 misc.invest.futures 13 aus.invest 11 misc.invest.stocks 10 misc.invest.canada 9 uk.d-i-y 8 uk.politics.misc
Top 10 Crossposters ================== Articles Address
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48 "-oo0-GoldTrader-0oo-" 26 snipped-for-privacy@cruller.invalid 20 "Troy Steadman" 17 newsgroup 15 "Tim" 11 Ronald Raygun 11 "Tumbleweed" 11 snipped-for-privacy@solutions2000.com 11 snipped-for-privacy@junk.com 8 Jon S Green