Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period, beginning at 17 Oct 2004 09:23:37 GMT and ending at
24 Oct 2004 09:16:39 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: 146 Articles: 429 (117 with cutlined signatures) Threads: 82 Volume generated: 836.2 kb - headers: 359.6 kb (6,958 lines) - bodies: 463.1 kb (12,257 lines) - original: 247.0 kb (6,988 lines) - signatures: 13.1 kb (598 lines)
Original Content Rating: 0.533
Averages ======= Posts per poster: 2.9 median: 1.0 post mode: 1 post - 76 posters s: 4.4 posts Posts per thread: 5.2 median: 2.0 posts mode: 1 post - 28 threads s: 6.9 posts Message size: 1995.9 bytes - header: 858.3 bytes (16.2 lines) - body: 1105.3 bytes (28.6 lines) - original: 589.5 bytes (16.3 lines) - signature: 31.2 bytes (1.4 lines)
Top 10 Posters by Number of Posts ================================ (kb) (kb) (kb) (kb) Posts Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Address
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29 61.8 ( 20.8/ 34.4/ 12.0) "Tumbleweed" 24 44.8 ( 25.3/ 19.5/ 8.0) "Tim" 17 35.6 ( 18.0/ 17.6/ 9.8) Ronald Raygun 17 21.3 ( 10.8/ 10.5/ 7.6) snipped-for-privacy@junk.com 15 18.1 ( 9.8/ 8.2/ 2.8) Jonathan Bryce 12 25.5 ( 7.6/ 17.7/ 6.6) snipped-for-privacy@isbd.co.uk 10 25.1 ( 9.6/ 15.4/ 4.5) Richard Faulkner 9 15.3 ( 5.6/ 9.7/ 4.8) Nick Read 8 25.9 ( 6.8/ 19.1/ 7.1) MM 7 17.6 ( 7.2/ 10.4/ 2.9) Andy FellThese posters accounted for 34.5% of all articles.
Top 10 Posters by Volume ======================= (kb) (kb) (kb) (kb) Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Address
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61.8 ( 20.8/ 34.4/ 12.0) 29 "Tumbleweed" 44.8 ( 25.3/ 19.5/ 8.0) 24 "Tim" 35.6 ( 18.0/ 17.6/ 9.8) 17 Ronald Raygun 25.9 ( 6.8/ 19.1/ 7.1) 8 MM 25.5 ( 7.6/ 17.7/ 6.6) 12 snipped-for-privacy@isbd.co.uk 25.1 ( 9.6/ 15.4/ 4.5) 10 Richard Faulkner 21.3 ( 10.8/ 10.5/ 7.6) 17 snipped-for-privacy@junk.com 20.6 ( 6.1/ 11.7/ 11.7) 6 "Sir Jean-Paul Turcaud" (at) 19.8 ( 0.8/ 19.0/ 19.0) 1 "Patrizio Marozzi" 18.1 ( 9.8/ 8.2/ 2.8) 15 Jonathan BryceThese posters accounted for 35.7% of the total volume.
Top 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts) ============================================= (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Address
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1.000 ( 11.7 / 11.7) 6 "Sir Jean-Paul Turcaud" (at) 0.722 ( 7.6 / 10.5) 17 snipped-for-privacy@junk.com 0.649 ( 2.6 / 4.0) 5 Phil Thompson 0.600 ( 1.7 / 2.8) 5 curiosity 0.569 ( 0.8 / 1.5) 5 "sam" 0.561 ( 2.9 / 5.1) 5 Steve Firth 0.560 ( 2.9 / 5.2) 5 "rob." 0.558 ( 9.8 / 17.6) 17 Ronald Raygun 0.519 ( 1.6 / 3.0) 5 "Adrian Boliston" 0.518 ( 2.2 / 4.3) 6 snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.co.ukBottom 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts) ================================================ (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Address
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0.404 ( 1.8 / 4.4) 5 "Fido" 0.373 ( 6.6 / 17.7) 12 snipped-for-privacy@isbd.co.uk 0.370 ( 7.1 / 19.1) 8 MM 0.349 ( 12.0 / 34.4) 29 "Tumbleweed" 0.340 ( 2.8 / 8.2) 15 Jonathan Bryce 0.329 ( 1.3 / 4.0) 5 "Matti Lamprhey" 0.307 ( 2.5 / 8.0) 6 "Marcus Fox" 0.292 ( 4.5 / 15.4) 10 Richard Faulkner 0.277 ( 2.9 / 10.4) 7 Andy Fell 0.195 ( 0.8 / 3.9) 6 "news.netvigator.com"Top 10 Threads by Number of Posts ================================ Posts Subject
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31 How much does it cost to own a car? 28 house prices drop 10% in 4 months.. 24 Cashing a Dollar cheque 23 PayPal - good or bad? 21 VAT on services done in other countries of the EU 18 Shamefully easy tax question. 17 Chip and Pin - wot no number? 15 Charity account 14 Car Insurance - preventing long line of credit checks? 13 Saving for RetirementTop 10 Threads by Volume ======================= (kb) (kb) (kb) (kb) Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Subject
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70.3 ( 23.1/ 44.0/ 15.8) 28 house prices drop 10% in 4 months.. 52.8 ( 16.0/ 36.2/ 18.2) 21 VAT on services done in other countries of the EU 49.3 ( 19.3/ 29.5/ 11.2) 23 PayPal - good or bad? 46.3 ( 23.8/ 21.0/ 11.6) 31 How much does it cost to own a car? 37.2 ( 18.1/ 18.3/ 8.7) 24 Cashing a Dollar cheque 31.8 ( 10.8/ 20.9/ 8.1) 13 Saving for Retirement 30.2 ( 16.7/ 13.5/ 5.8) 17 Chip and Pin - wot no number? 29.6 ( 14.8/ 14.4/ 6.1) 18 Shamefully easy tax question. 28.6 ( 13.9/ 14.3/ 8.0) 15 Charity account 26.2 ( 12.4/ 12.3/ 7.2) 11 MY RECENT & MOST APPROPRIATE REPLYTop 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts) ============================================= (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Subject
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1.000 ( 4.2/ 4.2) 4 TIME TO PRAY TOGETHER AGAIN ! 0.759 ( 1.4/ 1.8) 3 Premium Bond Diary - October Update 0.752 ( 0.9/ 1.2) 3 NI Ltd company search 0.716 ( 1.9/ 2.6) 3 Digital Money in Historical Perspective 0.704 ( 3.3/ 4.7) 3 Paid to much tax credit ? investigation into 03/04 year 0.676 ( 0.4/ 0.6) 3 Have just got hold of 20k. Whats the best way to invest this and make some money 0.671 ( 4.6/ 6.8) 6 Importing Advise 0.658 ( 3.3/ 5.0) 4 Commercial Rateable Value Estimation 0.641 ( 5.4/ 8.4) 9 Funds in Hand - Legal or Accountancy definition 0.640 ( 2.1/ 3.3) 5 Buying a House : How much are homes selling for as a % of asking priceBottom 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts) ================================================ (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Subject
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0.390 ( 3.3 / 8.5) 9 Turned down from opening bank account because not on electoral roll 0.390 ( 8.1 / 20.9) 13 Saving for Retirement 0.383 ( 1.5 / 3.9) 5 Worth keeping my Endowment? 0.378 ( 11.2 / 29.5) 23 PayPal - good or bad? 0.372 ( 1.1 / 3.0) 7 Have just got hold of 20k. Whats the best way to invest this and make some money 0.360 ( 15.8 / 44.0) 28 house prices drop 10% in 4 months.. 0.308 ( 1.2 / 3.8) 4 What expenses can be claimed by a contractor? 0.308 ( 1.2 / 3.8) 5 0870 number decoding 0.284 ( 1.5 / 5.1) 6 Virgin credit card 0.282 ( 0.8 / 2.7) 3 HSBC - the world's local bank?Top 10 Targets for Crossposts ============================ Articles Newsgroup
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20 aus.invest 16 co.politics 16 nz.politics 16 aus.politics 15 uk.legal 13 aus.environment.misc 13 aus.general 13 aus.religion.christian 9 uk.consultants 8 aus.aviationTop 10 Crossposters ================== Articles Address
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44 "Sir Jean-Paul Turcaud" (at) 14 Soixante Une Viellles De Jour 11 "PEARL WORLD" 8 Bob 8 "alanm" 8 "Jasper Richards" 8 "Dersu" 8 "Tumbleweed" 8 "Mal" 8 "Thales"