Daily Usenet report

Apr 17 04:53:48 -- Apr 18 05:16:04

Unknown entries from news log file:

First 2 / 2 lines (100.0%)
Apr 17 15:34:51 elvis innd: CNFS-sm: metacycbuff MBIN cycbuff is moved to BUF012 remain calm
Apr 17 21:05:00 elvis innd: CNFS-sm: metacycbuff MALT cycbuff is moved to BUF036 remain calm

Log entries by program:

Program nameLines%LinesSize%Size
inn 120095 49.0%13.7 MB 50.7%
innd 54932 22.4%5.9 MB 22.0%
nnrpd 54655 22.3%4.6 MB 17.1%
cnfsstat 12410 5.1%2.4 MB 8.9%
batcher 1896 0.8%206.3 KB 0.7%
innfeed 1173 0.5%152.5 KB 0.6%
rnews 2 0.0%0.1 KB 0.0%
TOTAL: 7 245163 100.0%27.0 MB100.0%

History cache:

ReasonCount%Count
Negative hits 169424 44.8%
Do not exist 118485 31.3%
Positive hits 89547 23.7%
Cache misses 782 0.2%
TOTAL: 4 378238 100.0%

INND timer:

Code regionTimePctInvokedMin(ms)Avg(ms)Max(ms)
article cancel00:00:04.009 0.0%1500 0.000 2.673 91.000
article control00:00:03.169 0.0%1450 0.000 2.186 91.000
article link00:00:00.000 0.0%0 0.000 0.000 0.000
article write00:03:49.210 0.3%87842 0.000 2.609 426.800
history grep00:00:00.617 0.0%1423 0.000 0.434 15.000
history lookup00:04:42.183 0.3%378233 0.000 0.746 25.081
history sync00:00:00.842 0.0%13600 0.000 0.062 23.000
history write00:09:22.491 0.6%118229 0.000 4.758 1083.778
idle23:38:41.948 97.0%2236777 0.000 38.056 10864.000
overview write00:10:24.644 0.7%87842 0.000 7.111 137.250
perl filter00:08:51.992 0.6%118199 1.000 4.501 77.000
site send00:00:09.234 0.0%185072 0.000 0.050 1.488
TOTAL: 24:22:17.03024:16:10.339 99.6%----

Control commands to INND:

CommandNumber
flush 2565
flushlogs 1
paused 1
TOTAL: 3 2567

Incoming Feeds (INN):

ServerConnectsOfferedTakenRefusedReject%AccptElapsed
1nntp.noris.net 4 145805 68777 41633 35395 47%28:16:07
2newsfeed1.freenet.de 292 19655 8707 10234 714 44%24:14:14
3newsfeed0.freenet.de 317 20693 7756 12000 937 37%24:14:17
4newsfeed2.freenet.de 292 17480 7578 9188 714 43%24:14:03
5newsfeed3.freenet.de 292 16666 7323 8700 643 43%24:14:07
6news.nl.linux.org 11 7586 155 7421 10 2%23:54:20
7localhost 6 4 4 0 0 100%00:00:01
8finalfrontier.franken.de 294 1 1 0 0 100%00:00:04
TOTAL: 8 1508 227890 100301 89176 38413 44%149:07:13

Incoming articles:

DateArticles%ArtsArt/secSize%SizeKB/sec
Apr 17 04:53:48 - 04:59:59 338 0.4% 0.91980.3 KB 0.1% 2.64
Apr 17 05:00:00 - 05:59:59 3093 3.5% 0.869.8 MB 0.6% 2.80
Apr 17 06:00:00 - 06:59:59 2598 3.0% 0.728.2 MB 0.5% 2.34
Apr 17 07:00:00 - 07:59:59 2517 2.9% 0.7021.7 MB 1.4% 6.18
Apr 17 08:00:00 - 08:59:59 2472 2.8% 0.6924.0 MB 1.5% 6.83
Apr 17 09:00:00 - 09:59:59 2456 2.8% 0.6810.9 MB 0.7% 3.10
Apr 17 10:00:00 - 10:59:59 2226 2.5% 0.627.3 MB 0.5% 2.09
Apr 17 11:00:00 - 11:59:59 2471 2.8% 0.699.2 MB 0.6% 2.62
Apr 17 12:00:00 - 12:59:59 2509 2.9% 0.707.7 MB 0.5% 2.18
Apr 17 13:00:00 - 13:59:59 3039 3.5% 0.8437.3 MB 2.3% 10.62
Apr 17 14:00:00 - 14:59:59 4162 4.7% 1.1633.4 MB 2.1% 9.51
Apr 17 15:00:00 - 15:59:59 4004 4.6% 1.1157.3 MB 3.6% 16.29
Apr 17 16:00:00 - 16:59:59 4681 5.3% 1.30214.9 MB 13.3% 61.11
Apr 17 17:00:00 - 17:59:59 7408 8.4% 2.06587.0 MB 36.5% 166.97
Apr 17 18:00:00 - 18:59:59 5345 6.1% 1.48240.1 MB 14.9% 68.28
Apr 17 19:00:00 - 19:59:59 4348 4.9% 1.2162.9 MB 3.9% 17.89
Apr 17 20:00:00 - 20:59:59 4257 4.8% 1.1843.3 MB 2.7% 12.32
Apr 17 21:00:00 - 21:59:59 4214 4.8% 1.1736.9 MB 2.3% 10.50
Apr 17 22:00:00 - 22:59:59 4933 5.6% 1.3783.7 MB 5.2% 23.80
Apr 17 23:00:00 - 23:59:59 4624 5.3% 1.2845.7 MB 2.8% 12.99
Apr 18 00:00:00 - 00:59:59 3469 3.9% 0.9610.8 MB 0.7% 3.08
Apr 18 01:00:00 - 01:59:59 3134 3.6% 0.8714.7 MB 0.9% 4.20
Apr 18 02:00:00 - 02:59:59 3072 3.5% 0.8518.9 MB 1.2% 5.36
Apr 18 03:00:00 - 03:59:59 2928 3.3% 0.8112.2 MB 0.8% 3.48
Apr 18 04:00:00 - 04:59:59 2766 3.1% 0.778.2 MB 0.5% 2.35
Apr 18 05:00:00 - 05:16:04 779 0.9% 0.813.1 MB 0.2% 3.28
TOTAL: 24:22:16 87843 100.0% 1.001.6 GB 100.0% 18.79

CNFS buffer status:

BufferClassSizeUsed%UsedCyclesKB/secDays
BUF001MDEU1.9 GB375.3 MB 19.2% 0 0.14 162.42
BUF002MDEU1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF003MDEU1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF004MDEU1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF005MDEU1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF006MSUP1.9 GB1.4 GB 74.2% 1 0.66 35.01
BUF007MSUP1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF008MSUP1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF009MSUP1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF010MSUP1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF011MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 4 0.00 0.00
BUF012MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 4 5.43 4.26
BUF013MBIN1.9 GB1.0 GB 54.5% 3 37.70 0.61
BUF014MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 3 0.00 0.00
BUF015MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 3 0.00 0.00
BUF016MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 3 0.00 0.00
BUF017MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 3 0.00 0.00
BUF018MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 3 0.00 0.00
BUF019MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 3 0.00 0.00
BUF020MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 3 0.00 0.00
BUF021MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF022MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 3 0.00 0.00
BUF023MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 3 0.00 0.00
BUF024MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 3 0.00 0.00
BUF025MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 3 0.00 0.00
BUF026MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 2 0.00 0.00
BUF027MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 2 0.00 0.00
BUF028MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 2 0.00 0.00
BUF029MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 2 0.00 0.00
BUF030MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 2 0.00 0.00
BUF031MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 2 0.00 0.00
BUF032MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 2 0.00 0.00
BUF033MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 2 0.00 0.00
BUF034MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 2 0.00 0.00
BUF035MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 2 0.00 0.00
BUF036MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 2 3.26 7.11
BUF037MALT1.9 GB158.7 MB 8.1% 1 5.50 4.21
BUF038MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF039MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF040MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF041MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 2 0.00 0.00
BUF042MALL1.9 GB562.3 MB 28.8% 1 1.01 22.93
BUF043MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF044MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF045MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF046MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF047MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF048MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF049MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF050MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF051MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF052MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF053MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF054MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF055MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF056MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF057MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF058MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF059MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF060MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF061MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF062MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF063MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF064MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF065MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF066MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF067MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF068MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF069MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF070MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF071MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF072MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF073MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF074MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF075MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF076MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF077MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF078MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF079MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF080MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF086MDEU1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF088MDEU1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF089MDEU1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUFCTLMCTL500.0 MB133.1 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUFNOCMNOC500.0 MB140.2 MB 28.0% 0 0.07 82.37
TOTAL: 85-159.3 GB3.7 GB 2.3% 84 3.68-

Sites sending bad articles:

ServerTotalGroupDistDuplicUnappTooOldSiteLineOther
1nntp.noris.net 28802 1488 0 0 29 0 0 027285
2newsfeed0.freenet.de 1109 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 1080
3newsfeed1.freenet.de 849 33 0 0 2 0 0 0 814
4newsfeed2.freenet.de 758 39 0 1 0 0 0 0 718
5newsfeed3.freenet.de 719 35 0 0 1 0 0 0 683
6news.nl.linux.org 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7news-out.odn.de 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
TOTAL: 7 32252 1632 0 1 32 0 0 030587

Unwanted newsgroups [Top 20]:

NewsgroupCount
alt.sex.telephone.ads 102
alt.sex.telephone 93
alt.sex.pictures.nospam 80
macromedia.flex.general_discussion 79
macromedia.labs.lightroom2 57
alt.sex.erotica.market.place 57
macromedia.flash.actionscript3 43
alt.sex.phone.ads 43
uk.games.video.nintendo 42
macromedia.players.flash 39
alt.sex.erotica.marketplace 38
alt.penthouse.sex.telephone 35
borland.public.delphi.language.delphi.general 34
microsoft.public.internetexplorer.beta 31
borland.public.delphi.language.delphi.win32 31
macromedia.captivate.general_discussion 29
macromedia.adobeair.general 28
rec.ponds.moderated 27
macromedia.labs.spry_framework_for_ajax_prerelease 26
alt.sex.marketplace 22
TOTAL: 181 1632

Supposedly-moderated groups with unmoderated postings [Top 20]:

GroupsCount
alt.bigfoot.research 28
alt.christnet.religion 1
alt.disney.disneyland 1
rec.crafts.jewelry 1
soc.religion.bahai 1
TOTAL: 5 32

INND perl filter [Top 20]:

ReasonCount
EMP (phl) 8974
Poison newsgroup 8481
EMP (md5) 3781
Binary in non-binary group 3420
Cancel for rejected article 957
EMP (fsl) 600
Scoring filter (8) 529
PFM bot misc 430
Scoring filter (9) 354
Scoring filter (11) 233
Angle-bracket bot 200
Scoring filter (10) 182
Scoring filter (12) 152
HTML post 121
Scoring filter (13) 74
Scoring filter (14) 74
Adult group ECP 43
Scoring filter (15) 40
Scoring filter (16) 18
Scoring filter (17) 8
TOTAL: 24 28694

Miscellaneous innd statistics [Top 10]:

EventServerNumber
Article posted in the future
newsfeed3.freenet.de 4
newsfeed0.freenet.de 3
newsfeed1.freenet.de 3
newsfeed2.freenet.de 2
news-out.odn.de 1
TOTAL: 5 13
Huge articles
nntp.noris.net 7
TOTAL: 1 7
Including strange strings
nntp.noris.net 319
newsfeed3.freenet.de 49
newsfeed2.freenet.de 39
newsfeed1.freenet.de 39
newsfeed0.freenet.de 30
news.nl.linux.org 1
TOTAL: 6 477
No colon-space in header
newsfeed3.freenet.de 1
TOTAL: 1 1
TOTAL: 4 498

Outgoing Feeds (innfeed) by Articles:

ServerOfferedTakenRefusedRejectMissSpool%TookElapsed
1newsserver.news.garr.it 71154 934 58584 670 5 1201 1%24:08:50
2news-in.odn.de 63 7 56 0 0 0 11%02:23:23
3nntp.noris.net 138 0 138 0 0 3 0%03:36:43
4newsfeed.freenet.de 34 0 34 0 0 2 0%01:43:16
TOTAL: 4 71389 941 58812 670 5 11316 1%80:12:10

Outgoing Feeds (innfeed) by Volume:

ServerAcceptVolRejectVolTotalVolVolume/secVol/ArtElapsed
1newsserver.news.garr.it3.8 MB1.7 MB5.5 MB0.1 KB/s3.5 KB24:08:50
2news-in.odn.de24.0 KB0.0 KB24.0 KB0.0 KB/s3.4 KB02:23:23
3nntp.noris.net0.0 KB0.0 KB0.0 KB0.0 KB/s003:36:43
4newsfeed.freenet.de0.0 KB0.0 KB0.0 KB0.0 KB/s001:43:16
TOTAL: 43.8 MB1.7 MB5.5 MB0.0 KB/s3.5 KB80:12:10

UUCP batches created:

ServerOfferedArticlesSizeElapsed
aquanews 82 18354.0 MB00:01:12
billix 9 325719.3 KB00:00:05
chi 20 356725.8 KB00:00:11
classic 9 62125.5 KB00:00:05
crei 87 145296.7 KB00:01:17
gjbsd 3 48.7 KB00:00:01
hektor 5 826.4 KB00:00:02
josef_1 27 446112.6 MB00:00:29
karnickel 406 9134103.7 MB00:03:45
kaschber 88 287644.7 KB00:00:53
knilch 10 226536.2 KB00:00:08
mbsks 96 198486.8 KB00:01:03
memotech 8 2960.3 KB00:00:04
moldy 6 1126.7 KB00:00:02
novala 1 25.8 KB00:00:00
polaris 4 615.4 KB00:00:01
sammy 9 27949.4 MB00:00:14
schul1 1 12.1 KB00:00:00
seefeld 8 56191.5 KB00:00:04
silesia 146 14597.2 MB00:01:58
solid 13 13414.4 MB00:00:09
swzcomm 9 222487.6 KB00:00:05
teebox 16 20295.2 MB00:00:08
tmb 2 25.7 KB00:00:01
tychen 121 259653.6 KB00:01:54
unicorn 19 61121.7 KB00:00:09
watari 9 290769.7 KB00:00:06
TOTAL: 27 1214 25603152.2 MB00:14:21

Rnews articles offered from:

SystemOffered
aquanews 2
TOTAL: 1 2

NNRP readership statistics:

SystemConnArtsSizeGroupsPostRejElapsed
1189.26.19.24.adsl.gvt.net.br 487 382478.4 KB 148 0 000:21:12
2213.185.132.10 97 192381.5 KB 1782 0 000:04:18
3rotfl.franken.de1462 184380.0 KB 3566 2 000:23:55
4mallard.franken.de 5 97214.7 KB 347 0 001:44:28
5p54946374.dip.t-dialin.net 1 69147.2 KB 3 0 000:00:03
6r5b77.r.pppool.de 5 65156.1 KB 24 0 000:37:23
7r14d3.r.pppool.de 5 2964.5 KB 26 0 000:40:51
8r18a8.r.pppool.de 2 2648.6 KB 7 0 000:12:43
9dsl01.212.114.238.237.ip-pool.nefkom.net 1 20108.7 KB 6 0 000:01:03
10finalfrontier.franken.de 293 59.3 KB 4 0 000:00:23
11w0f2b.w.pppool.de 4 25.9 KB 10 0 001:38:12
12r5260.r.pppool.de 1 13.8 KB 3 0 000:07:37
13r4ffd.r.pppool.de 1 11.5 KB 2 0 000:07:35
TOTAL: 132364 10732.0 MB 5928 2 018:47:35

NNRP readership statistics (by domain):

SystemConnArtsSizeGroupsPostRejElapsed
1*.26.19.24.adsl.gvt.net.br 487 382478.4 KB 148 0 000:21:12
2*.franken.de1857 286604.0 KB 3917 2 002:12:07
3unresolved 97 192381.5 KB 1782 0 000:04:18
4*.r.pppool.de 22 122274.5 KB 62 0 003:51:31
5*.dip.t-dialin.net 1 69147.2 KB 3 0 000:00:03
6*.212.114.238.237.ip-pool.nefkom.net 1 20108.7 KB 6 0 000:01:03
7*.w.pppool.de 5 25.9 KB 10 0 001:38:21
8*.topalis.com 1 00.0 KB 0 0 000:00:00
9*.212.114.234.221.ip-pool.nefkom.net 9 00.0 KB 0 0 004:03:52
10*.adsl.alicedsl.de 4 00.0 KB 0 0 006:34:55
TOTAL: 102484 10732.0 MB 5928 2 018:47:27

Curious NNRP server explorers [Top 20]:

SystemConn
priscilla.franken.de 96
dsl01.212.114.234.221.ip-pool.nefkom.net 9
r103b.r.pppool.de 4
e178019227.adsl.alicedsl.de 3
p54983b3a.dip.t-dialin.net 2
r4cb9.r.pppool.de 1
e178019075.adsl.alicedsl.de 1
w0ef0.w.pppool.de 1
r1a32.r.pppool.de 1
bilbo.franken.de 1
fw.topalis.com 1
r5dcf.r.pppool.de 1
r0b8e.r.pppool.de 1
TOTAL: 13 122

NNRP no permission clients:

SystemConn
p54983b3a.dip.t-dialin.net 3
TOTAL: 1 3

NNRP gethostbyaddr failures [Top 20]:

SystemConn
213.185.132.10 97
TOTAL: 1 97

NNRP client timeouts [Top 20]:

SystemConnPeer
w0f2b.w.pppool.de 3 0
mallard.franken.de 2 0
r4cb9.r.pppool.de 1 0
r103b.r.pppool.de 1 0
dsl01.212.114.234.221.ip-pool.nefkom.net 1 0
e178019075.adsl.alicedsl.de 1 0
r5dcf.r.pppool.de 1 0
e178034115.adsl.alicedsl.de 1 0
TOTAL: 8 11 0

Newsgroup request counts (by category):

CategoryCountPct
1de 679 62.7%
2comp 382 35.3%
3rec 20 1.8%
4knf 2 0.2%
TOTAL: 4 1083100.0%

Newsgroup request counts (by newsgroup) [Top 100]:

NewsgroupCount
1comp.lang.python 382
2de.soc.recht.misc 104
3de.etc.fahrzeug.auto 53
4de.rec.mampf 52
5de.comm.protocols.tcp-ip 47
6de.rec.fahrrad 39
7de.comp.security.misc 35
8de.comp.lang.javascript 35
9de.alt.netdigest 35
10de.alt.sysadmin.recovery 31
11de.comp.lang.php.misc 24
12de.comp.lang.java 23
13de.etc.beruf.selbstaendig 23
14de.soc.recht.strassenverkehr 22
15rec.games.go 20
16de.rec.tv.technik 18
17de.test 16
18de.rec.tiere.aquaristik 16
19de.admin.net-abuse.mail 14
20de.soc.umwelt 13
21de.sci.medizin.diabetes 12
22de.soc.datenschutz 10
23de.comp.lang.c 9
24de.soc.recht.datennetze 7
25de.comm.provider.misc 7
26de.rec.tv.lindenstrasse 5
27de.comm.anbieter.festnetz.misc 5
28de.alt.fan.aldi 5
29de.comm.internet.telefonie 4
30de.rec.tv.misc 3
31de.sci.meteorologie 3
32de.rec.sport.laufen.misc 3
33de.markt.arbeit.vermittler 2
34knf.fragen.win 1
35knf.fragen.misc 1
36de.markt.arbeit.biete.it-berufe 1
37de.admin.news.announce 1
38de.admin.news.misc 1
39de.sci.astronomie 1
TOTAL: 39 1083

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