Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period, beginning at 19 Dec 2004 10:16:44 GMT and ending at
26 Dec 2004 09:17:26 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: 80 Articles: 246 (62 with cutlined signatures) Threads: 48 Volume generated: 440.7 kb - headers: 228.7 kb (4,186 lines) - bodies: 207.2 kb (5,801 lines) - original: 101.1 kb (3,216 lines) - signatures: 4.6 kb (242 lines)
Original Content Rating: 0.488
Averages ======= Posts per poster: 3.1 median: 1.0 post mode: 1 post - 46 posters s: 5.2 posts Posts per thread: 5.1 median: 3.0 posts mode: 1 post - 11 threads s: 7.0 posts Message size: 1834.4 bytes - header: 952.0 bytes (17.0 lines) - body: 862.3 bytes (23.6 lines) - original: 420.8 bytes (13.1 lines) - signature: 19.1 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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30 65.7 ( 34.4/ 31.3/ 16.5) Ronald Raygun 23 43.7 ( 18.8/ 24.0/ 6.9) "Doug Ramage" 19 32.0 ( 19.5/ 12.5/ 6.1) "Tim" 13 27.1 ( 10.8/ 16.3/ 5.6) "Matti Lamprhey" 10 17.0 ( 9.4/ 7.6/ 3.8) "Robin Graham" 8 10.6 ( 5.7/ 4.7/ 2.0) PeteM 8 19.0 ( 11.2/ 7.4/ 5.0) "Troy Steadman" 7 9.7 ( 7.1/ 2.7/ 2.7) snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com 6 11.8 ( 4.8/ 7.0/ 2.2) Richard Buttrey 6 13.1 ( 5.6/ 7.5/ 3.4) "John Smith"
These posters accounted for 52.8% of all articles.
Top 10 Posters by Volume ======================= (kb) (kb) (kb) (kb) Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Address
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65.7 ( 34.4/ 31.3/ 16.5) 30 Ronald Raygun 43.7 ( 18.8/ 24.0/ 6.9) 23 "Doug Ramage" 32.0 ( 19.5/ 12.5/ 6.1) 19 "Tim" 27.1 ( 10.8/ 16.3/ 5.6) 13 "Matti Lamprhey" 19.0 ( 11.2/ 7.4/ 5.0) 8 "Troy Steadman" 17.0 ( 9.4/ 7.6/ 3.8) 10 "Robin Graham" 13.1 ( 5.6/ 7.5/ 3.4) 6 "John Smith" 11.8 ( 4.8/ 7.0/ 2.2) 6 Richard Buttrey 10.6 ( 5.7/ 4.7/ 2.0) 8 PeteM 9.7 ( 7.1/ 2.7/ 2.7) 7 snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com
These posters accounted for 56.7% 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 ( 2.7 / 2.7) 7 snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com
0.672 ( 5.0 / 7.4) 8 "Troy Steadman"
0.526 ( 16.5 / 31.3) 30 Ronald Raygun
0.513 ( 1.8 / 3.6) 5 "Tumbleweed"
0.507 ( 3.8 / 7.6) 10 "Robin Graham"
0.490 ( 6.1 / 12.5) 19 "Tim"
0.462 ( 1.4 / 3.0) 5 "Eric Jones"
0.448 ( 3.4 / 7.5) 6 "John Smith"
0.433 ( 2.0 / 4.7) 8 PeteM
0.411 ( 0.8 / 1.9) 5 john boyle
Bottom 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts) ================================================ (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Address
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0.507 ( 3.8 / 7.6) 10 "Robin Graham"
0.490 ( 6.1 / 12.5) 19 "Tim"
0.462 ( 1.4 / 3.0) 5 "Eric Jones"
0.448 ( 3.4 / 7.5) 6 "John Smith"
0.433 ( 2.0 / 4.7) 8 PeteM
0.411 ( 0.8 / 1.9) 5 john boyle
0.342 ( 5.6 / 16.3) 13 "Matti Lamprhey"
0.316 ( 2.2 / 7.0) 6 Richard Buttrey
0.301 ( 0.8 / 2.7) 5 "Alex"
0.288 ( 6.9 / 24.0) 23 "Doug Ramage"
Top 10 Threads by Number of Posts ================================ Posts Subject
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37 NIC qualifying rule 24 Company pension 13 Premium Bond Diary - December & Year end update 13 cgt husband->wife->other 11 Mis-sold pension same as mis-sold pension ? 11 What do developers look for? 9 Chip and Pin, from today's FT. 9 VAT on commission sales 8 Working for a UK Company, living abroad 8 When PayPal charges your credit card...
Top 10 Threads by Volume ======================= (kb) (kb) (kb) (kb) Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Subject
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83.9 ( 40.5/ 43.1/ 17.9) 37 NIC qualifying rule 41.0 ( 23.5/ 17.4/ 9.8) 24 Company pension 27.8 ( 15.3/ 12.3/ 7.0) 11 What do developers look for? 24.9 ( 12.9/ 11.3/ 5.2) 13 Premium Bond Diary - December & Year end update 24.9 ( 10.8/ 13.8/ 5.5) 13 cgt husband->wife->other 17.6 ( 7.3/ 10.2/ 4.7) 9 Chip and Pin, from today's FT. 16.2 ( 7.8/ 8.3/ 2.9) 9 VAT on commission sales 16.0 ( 10.0/ 5.8/ 2.9) 11 Mis-sold pension same as mis-sold pension ? 12.9 ( 6.4/ 6.2/ 2.8) 8 When PayPal charges your credit card... 11.8 ( 7.9/ 2.7/ 1.4) 8 Working for a UK Company, living abroad
Top 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts) ============================================= (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Subject
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1.000 ( 1.1/ 1.1) 3 Forex analysis / EUR AUD, EUR CHF, EUR GBP..
0.936 ( 2.3/ 2.5) 3 CC - Can Supplier check credit card address?
0.857 ( 2.1/ 2.4) 4 Will "5" happen?
0.699 ( 0.8/ 1.1) 3 What documents do I get after buying a flat?
0.589 ( 1.0/ 1.7) 4 Old coins and legal tender
0.575 ( 7.0/ 12.3) 11 What do developers look for?
0.568 ( 2.1/ 3.8) 3 Diy conveyencing between husband, wife .... *and child* to avoid tax
0.566 ( 9.8/ 17.4) 24 Company pension
0.545 ( 1.8/ 3.4) 5 I foolishly lent someone 50!!!
0.530 ( 0.8/ 1.6) 3 Tax refund
Bottom 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts) ================================================ (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Subject
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0.445 ( 2.8 / 6.2) 8 When PayPal charges your credit card...
0.418 ( 0.6 / 1.3) 4 Credit scoring example
0.416 ( 17.9 / 43.1) 37 NIC qualifying rule
0.399 ( 5.5 / 13.8) 13 cgt husband->wife->other
0.368 ( 1.5 / 4.1) 6 20k loan over 6 months?
0.353 ( 2.9 / 8.3) 9 VAT on commission sales
0.346 ( 1.9 / 5.4) 6 OT - Euromillions jackpot
0.344 ( 1.0 / 3.0) 4 HBOS Visa debit cards and Visa credit cards
0.340 ( 1.6 / 4.8) 5 Trivia: Britain's most broken law is?
0.134 ( 0.1 / 0.7) 3 trend lines
Top 10 Targets for Crossposts ============================ Articles Newsgroup
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9 aus.invest 8 misc.invest.futures 7 misc.invest.stocks 6 uk.legal 4 misc.invest.technical 4 it.economia.borsa 3 uk.people.consumers 1 scot.tld 1 misc.invest.canada 1 us.politics
Top 10 Crossposters ================== Articles Address
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16 "-oo0-GoldTrader-0oo-" 7 PeteM 4 snipped-for-privacy@charter.net 4 Henning Makholm 4 "Jim V." 4 Ken 4 "BCJ" 2 snipped-for-privacy@heney.plus.com 1 Bruno Beam 1 Jane D