Daily Usenet report

Sep 1 04:20:35 -- Sep 2 05:30:39



Unknown entries from news log file:

First 2 / 2 lines (100.0%)
Sep 1 10:26:48 elvis innd: CNFS-sm: metacycbuff MBIN cycbuff is moved to BUF011 remain calm
Sep 1 21:20:18 elvis innd: CNFS-sm: metacycbuff MALT cycbuff is moved to BUF039 remain calm


Log entries by program:

Program nameLines%LinesSize%Size
inn 129611 51.9%14.3 MB 52.7%
nnrpd 57342 23.0%4.8 MB 17.7%
innd 46864 18.8%5.2 MB 19.0%
cnfsstat 12835 5.1%2.5 MB 9.2%
batcher 1850 0.7%210.6 KB 0.8%
innfeed 1255 0.5%167.7 KB 0.6%
controlchan 45 0.0%3.2 KB 0.0%
TOTAL: 7 249802 100.0%27.2 MB100.0%


History cache:

ReasonCount%Count
Negative hits 164040 46.2%
Do not exist 128314 36.1%
Positive hits 61791 17.4%
Cache misses 833 0.2%
TOTAL: 4 354978 100.0%


INND timer:

Code regionTimePctInvokedMin(ms)Avg(ms)Max(ms)
article cancel00:00:09.051 0.0%830 0.000 10.905 112.000
article control00:00:06.733 0.0%757 0.000 8.894 66.000
article link00:00:00.000 0.0%0 0.000 0.000 0.000
article write00:06:58.371 0.5%101998 0.000 4.102 844.571
history grep00:00:02.531 0.0%824 0.000 3.072 15.000
history lookup00:07:11.549 0.5%354972 0.000 1.216 23.333
history sync00:00:00.862 0.0%14443 0.000 0.060 7.500
history write00:11:19.220 0.7%128235 0.000 5.297 1488.667
idle24:10:22.289 96.0%3247162 5.341 26.799 20896.000
overview write00:11:52.480 0.8%101998 0.000 6.985 389.545
perl filter00:13:43.286 0.9%128224 0.920 6.421 219.000
site send00:00:12.141 0.0%209062 0.000 0.058 1.633
TOTAL: 25:10:02.42225:01:58.513 99.5%----


Control commands to INND:

CommandNumber
flush 2422
flushlogs 1
paused 1
TOTAL: 3 2424


Incoming Feeds (INN):

ServerConnectsOfferedTakenRefusedReject%AccptElapsed
1nntp.noris.net 1 122557 70825 28459 23273 57%24:51:42
2newsfeed1.freenet.de 302 26915 16026 9796 1093 59%24:54:08
3newsfeed0.freenet.de 327 25512 14501 9742 1269 56%24:54:24
4news.nl.linux.org 12 6124 126 5997 1 2%24:59:05
5localhost 9 7 7 0 0 100%00:00:01
6finalfrontier.franken.de 302 0 0 0 0 0%00:00:00
TOTAL: 6 953 181115 101485 53994 25636 56%99:39:20


Incoming articles:

DateArticles%ArtsArt/secSize%SizeKB/sec
Sep 1 04:20:35 - 04:59:59 1699 1.7% 0.7221.1 MB 0.7% 9.13
Sep 1 05:00:00 - 05:59:59 2933 2.9% 0.81112.2 MB 3.8% 31.92
Sep 1 06:00:00 - 06:59:59 2017 2.0% 0.566.9 MB 0.2% 1.96
Sep 1 07:00:00 - 07:59:59 1987 1.9% 0.559.4 MB 0.3% 2.69
Sep 1 08:00:00 - 08:59:59 2260 2.2% 0.639.9 MB 0.3% 2.80
Sep 1 09:00:00 - 09:59:59 2105 2.1% 0.588.0 MB 0.3% 2.27
Sep 1 10:00:00 - 10:59:59 6876 6.7% 1.91311.7 MB 10.5% 88.65
Sep 1 11:00:00 - 11:59:59 6241 6.1% 1.73354.1 MB 11.9% 100.72
Sep 1 12:00:00 - 12:59:59 7405 7.3% 2.06435.0 MB 14.7% 123.73
Sep 1 13:00:00 - 13:59:59 6595 6.5% 1.83434.1 MB 14.6% 123.48
Sep 1 14:00:00 - 14:59:59 3364 3.3% 0.9340.2 MB 1.4% 11.44
Sep 1 15:00:00 - 15:59:59 3102 3.0% 0.8612.7 MB 0.4% 3.62
Sep 1 16:00:00 - 16:59:59 3697 3.6% 1.0324.2 MB 0.8% 6.88
Sep 1 17:00:00 - 17:59:59 4127 4.0% 1.1555.9 MB 1.9% 15.91
Sep 1 18:00:00 - 18:59:59 4899 4.8% 1.3684.7 MB 2.9% 24.10
Sep 1 19:00:00 - 19:59:59 4511 4.4% 1.25126.7 MB 4.3% 36.04
Sep 1 20:00:00 - 20:59:59 4664 4.6% 1.30157.1 MB 5.3% 44.68
Sep 1 21:00:00 - 21:59:59 5076 5.0% 1.41321.0 MB 10.8% 91.30
Sep 1 22:00:00 - 22:59:59 4701 4.6% 1.31152.8 MB 5.1% 43.46
Sep 1 23:00:00 - 23:59:59 4887 4.8% 1.3629.0 MB 1.0% 8.25
Sep 2 00:00:00 - 00:59:59 4189 4.1% 1.1658.2 MB 2.0% 16.55
Sep 2 01:00:00 - 01:59:59 3629 3.6% 1.0129.6 MB 1.0% 8.42
Sep 2 02:00:00 - 02:59:59 3104 3.0% 0.8613.4 MB 0.4% 3.80
Sep 2 03:00:00 - 03:59:59 3057 3.0% 0.8511.3 MB 0.4% 3.22
Sep 2 04:00:00 - 04:59:59 3223 3.2% 0.9076.8 MB 2.6% 21.84
Sep 2 05:00:00 - 05:30:39 1651 1.6% 0.9072.1 MB 2.4% 40.16
TOTAL: 25:10:04 101999 100.0% 1.132.9 GB 100.0% 33.55


CNFS buffer status:

BufferClassSizeUsed%UsedCyclesKB/secDays
BUF001MDEU1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF002MDEU1.9 GB308.3 MB 15.8% 0 0.19 122.32
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 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 2 0.00 0.00
BUF007MSUP1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF008MSUP1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF009MSUP1.9 GB1.7 GB 89.2% 0 0.45 51.48
BUF010MSUP1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 0 0.00 0.00
BUF011MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 10 13.56 1.71
BUF012MBIN1.9 GB1.6 GB 84.6% 9 30.24 0.77
BUF013MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 9 0.00 0.00
BUF014MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 9 0.00 0.00
BUF015MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 9 0.00 0.00
BUF016MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 9 0.00 0.00
BUF017MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 9 0.00 0.00
BUF018MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 9 0.00 0.00
BUF019MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 9 0.00 0.00
BUF020MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 9 0.00 0.00
BUF021MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 7 0.00 0.00
BUF022MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 9 0.00 0.00
BUF023MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 9 0.00 0.00
BUF024MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 9 0.00 0.00
BUF025MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 9 0.00 0.00
BUF026MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 4 0.00 0.00
BUF027MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 4 0.00 0.00
BUF028MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 4 0.00 0.00
BUF029MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 4 0.00 0.00
BUF030MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 4 0.00 0.00
BUF031MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 4 0.00 0.00
BUF032MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 4 0.00 0.00
BUF033MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 4 0.00 0.00
BUF034MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 4 0.00 0.00
BUF035MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 4 0.00 0.00
BUF036MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 4 0.00 0.00
BUF037MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 4 0.00 0.00
BUF038MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 4 0.00 0.00
BUF039MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 4 11.00 2.11
BUF040MALT1.9 GB431.5 MB 22.1% 3 14.98 1.54
BUF041MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 2 0.00 0.00
BUF042MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 2 0.00 0.00
BUF043MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 2 0.00 0.00
BUF044MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF045MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF046MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF047MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF048MALL1.9 GB712.4 MB 36.5% 0 0.93 25.01
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% 3 0.00 0.00
BUF072MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 2 0.00 0.00
BUF073MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 3 0.00 0.00
BUF074MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 3 0.00 0.00
BUF075MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 3 0.00 0.00
BUF076MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 3 0.00 0.00
BUF077MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 3 0.00 0.00
BUF078MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 3 0.00 0.00
BUF079MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 3 0.00 0.00
BUF080MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 2 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 MB7.4 MB 1.5% 0 0.00 0.00
BUFNOCMNOC500.0 MB468.7 MB 93.7% 0 0.03 178.45
TOTAL: 85-159.3 GB5.2 GB 3.3% 236 6.81-


Sites sending bad articles:

ServerTotalGroupDistDuplicUnappTooOldSiteLineOther
1nntp.noris.net 24793 1986 0 15 7 0 0 022785
2newsfeed0.freenet.de 1499 112 0 3 1 0 0 0 1383
3newsfeed1.freenet.de 1319 103 0 7 1 0 0 0 1208
4news-out.odn.de 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TOTAL: 4 27612 2201 0 25 9 0 0 025377


Unwanted newsgroups [Top 20]:

NewsgroupCount
alt.sex.pictures.nospam 915
microsoft.public.internetexplorer.beta 150
alt.flame.cincinnati 118
alt.sex.telephone.ads 96
macromedia.flex.general_discussion 61
alt.sex.erotica.market.place 58
alt.sex.erotica.marketplace 56
alt.sex.phone.ads 53
talk.us.rhode-island 51
alt.sex.telephone 46
macromedia.flash.actionscript3 37
alt.sex.marketplace 35
macromedia.labs.spry_framework_for_ajax_prerelease 28
macromedia.adobeair.general 27
alt.penthouse.sex.telephone 26
rec.ponds.moderated 26
sci.physics.foundations 23
de.soc.arbeitslos 22
macromedia.robohelp.robohelp_for_htmlhelp 15
macromedia.captivate.general_discussion 12
TOTAL: 178 2201


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

GroupsCount
alt.christnet.religion 4
alt.bigfoot.research 3
alt.disney.disneyland 1
soc.org.freemasonry 1
TOTAL: 4 9


INND perl filter [Top 20]:

ReasonCount
EMP (phl) 8436
Poison newsgroup 6875
Binary in non-binary group 3696
EMP (md5) 2740
PFM bot misc 533
Scoring filter (9) 401
EMP (fsl) 313
Scoring filter (8) 265
Scoring filter (11) 187
Scoring filter (10) 173
Angle-bracket bot 136
HTML post 112
Cancel for rejected article 38
Scoring filter (12) 31
Adult group ECP 26
Scoring filter (13) 22
Scoring filter (14) 10
Scoring filter (16) 4
Scoring filter (17) 3
Scoring filter (18) 3
TOTAL: 26 24016


INND too many connects per minute:

SystemConn
79.209.113.187 2
TOTAL: 1 2


Miscellaneous innd statistics [Top 10]:

EventServerNumber
Bad Message-ID's offered
newsfeed0.freenet.de 1
TOTAL: 1 1
Including strange strings
nntp.noris.net 536
newsfeed1.freenet.de 152
newsfeed0.freenet.de 143
TOTAL: 3 831
No colon-space in header
newsfeed0.freenet.de 1
TOTAL: 1 1
TOTAL: 3 833


Outgoing Feeds (innfeed) by Articles:

ServerOfferedTakenRefusedRejectMissSpool%TookElapsed
1newsserver.news.garr.it 60898 716 52196 598 0 29 1%25:03:29
2news-in.odn.de 22 9 13 0 0 0 40%02:43:53
3nntp.noris.net 83 1 80 2 0 1 1%07:11:34
4newsfeed.freenet.de 12 0 12 0 0 0 0%01:30:02
TOTAL: 4 61015 726 52301 600 0 25490 1%84:28:58


Outgoing Feeds (innfeed) by Volume:

ServerAcceptVolRejectVolTotalVolVolume/secVol/ArtElapsed
1newsserver.news.garr.it51.2 MB1.5 MB52.7 MB0.6 KB/s41.1 KB25:03:29
2news-in.odn.de19.1 KB0.0 KB19.1 KB0.0 KB/s2.1 KB02:43:53
3nntp.noris.net1.4 KB8.5 KB9.9 KB0.0 KB/s3.3 KB07:11:34
4newsfeed.freenet.de0.0 KB0.0 KB0.0 KB0.0 KB/s001:30:02
TOTAL: 451.2 MB1.5 MB52.7 MB0.2 KB/s40.7 KB84:28:58


UUCP batches created:

ServerOfferedArticlesSizeElapsed
aquanews 109 12632.4 MB00:01:58
billix 10 274767.2 KB00:00:05
chi 32 4949.2 MB00:00:14
classic 9 4582.8 KB00:00:06
crei 70 113206.5 KB00:01:18
duffy1 1 11.6 KB00:00:00
gjbsd 5 1123.1 KB00:00:05
hektor 9 73249.1 KB00:00:04
karnickel 172 807030.3 MB00:02:45
kaschber 84 246562.3 KB00:00:42
knilch 1 1129.0 KB00:00:00
mbsks 111 282890.0 KB00:01:33
memotech 7 3252.5 KB00:00:03
moldy 5 1125.8 KB00:00:05
sammy 35 29878.6 MB00:00:33
schul1 1 11.9 KB00:00:00
seefeld 9 2367.7 KB00:00:06
silesia 151 13766.7 MB00:01:45
solid 13 15404.1 MB00:00:09
swzcomm 9 226527.1 KB00:00:13
teebox 17 23575.8 MB00:00:21
tmb 5 59.6 KB00:00:02
tychen 76 147551.6 KB00:01:36
unicorn 29 116212.0 KB00:00:14
watari 9 261594.0 KB00:00:05
TOTAL: 25 979 1996571.9 MB00:14:14


NNRP readership statistics:

SystemConnArtsSizeGroupsPostRejElapsed
1p5494520e.dip.t-dialin.net 5 849314.9 MB 69 4 000:02:14
291-65-255-120-dynip.superkabel.de 3 21264.7 MB 55 1 000:01:15
3rotfl.franken.de1509 4151.1 MB 7176 1 000:24:50
4p4fd171bb.dip.t-dialin.net 12 322746.7 KB 46 0 000:11:51
5213.185.132.10 67 300728.6 KB 1260 0 000:02:39
6r1058.r.pppool.de 1 247547.2 KB 11 0 000:11:45
7dslb-088-073-079-040.pools.arcor-ip.net 31 61126.3 KB 1951 0 012:03:14
8mallard.franken.de 4 58158.7 KB 341 0 000:41:20
9p5081bd75.dip0.t-ipconnect.de 2 3362.6 KB 12 0 000:06:14
10dslb-088-073-092-133.pools.arcor-ip.net 4 1573.9 KB 547 0 003:29:22
11finalfrontier.franken.de 302 711.7 KB 6 0 000:00:40
12dsl01.83.171.159.158.ip-pool.nefkom.net 3 5301.9 KB 12 0 000:01:06
13r56f6.r.pppool.de 2 511.7 KB 11 0 000:35:23
14r095a.r.pppool.de 1 00.0 KB 0 1 000:05:07
TOTAL: 141946 1208723.4 MB 11497 7 027:18:49


NNRP readership statistics (by domain):

SystemConnArtsSizeGroupsPostRejElapsed
1*.dip.t-dialin.net 17 881515.7 MB 115 4 000:14:06
2*.superkabel.de 3 21264.7 MB 55 1 000:01:15
3*.franken.de1817 4801.2 MB 7523 1 001:21:20
4unresolved 67 300728.6 KB 1260 0 000:02:39
5*.r.pppool.de 9 252558.9 KB 22 1 001:42:30
6*.pools.arcor-ip.net 35 76200.2 KB 2498 0 015:32:37
7*.dip0.t-ipconnect.de 3 3362.6 KB 12 0 000:36:17
8*.83.171.159.158.ip-pool.nefkom.net 3 5301.9 KB 12 0 000:01:06
9*.w.pppool.de 5 00.0 KB 0 0 002:03:10
10*.83.171.189.27.ip-pool.nefkom.net 12 00.0 KB 0 0 005:33:45
11*.topalis.com 1 00.0 KB 0 0 000:00:00
12*.hometree.net 1 00.0 KB 0 0 000:10:00
TOTAL: 121973 1208723.4 MB 11497 7 027:18:49


Curious NNRP server explorers [Top 20]:

SystemConn
dsl01.83.171.189.27.ip-pool.nefkom.net 12
w1595.w.pppool.de 5
r4888.r.pppool.de 3
bilbo.franken.de 2
fw.topalis.com 1
p54aa8816.dip0.t-ipconnect.de 1
r42ed.r.pppool.de 1
island.hometree.net 1
r35b7.r.pppool.de 1
TOTAL: 9 27


NNRP gethostbyaddr failures [Top 20]:

SystemConn
213.185.132.10 67
TOTAL: 1 67


NNRP client timeouts [Top 20]:

SystemConnPeer
w1595.w.pppool.de 4 0
dslb-088-073-079-040.pools.arcor-ip.net 3 0
p54aa8816.dip0.t-ipconnect.de 1 0
r56f6.r.pppool.de 1 0
p5081bd75.dip0.t-ipconnect.de 1 0
dslb-088-073-092-133.pools.arcor-ip.net 1 0
r35b7.r.pppool.de 1 0
TOTAL: 7 12 0


Newsgroup request counts (by category):

CategoryCountPct
1de 12052 99.7%
2comp 17 0.1%
3maus 13 0.1%
4rec 5 0.0%
TOTAL: 4 12087100.0%


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

NewsgroupCount
1de.comp.sys.mac.misc 8432
2de.alt.sysadmin.recovery 1263
3de.soc.recht.misc 681
4de.etc.beruf.selbstaendig 267
5de.rec.mampf 235
6de.etc.fahrzeug.auto 194
7de.comp.lang.php.misc 100
8de.alt.fan.aldi 94
9de.comp.security.misc 92
10de.rec.heimwerken 76
11de.alt.netdigest 75
12de.soc.recht.strassenverkehr 70
13de.soc.recht.strafrecht 59
14de.comm.infosystems.www.authoring.misc 56
15de.comp.lang.javascript 50
16de.comm.provider.misc 46
17de.test 38
18de.comp.sys.mac.lokale-netze 37
19de.comp.hardware.laufwerke.festplatten 36
20de.sci.medizin.diabetes 14
21de.rec.fahrrad 14
22comp.sys.mac.programmer.help 13
23maus.computer.mac.nostalgie 13
24de.alt.fan.tabak 12
25de.admin.net-abuse.mail 12
26de.soc.familie.kinder 8
27de.comp.lang.c 8
28de.comm.infosystems.suchmaschinen 7
29de.rec.tiere.aquaristik 7
30de.sci.astronomie 6
31de.comp.os.unix.shell 5
32de.comp.lang.java 5
33de.alt.folklore.computer 5
34de.comm.protocols.tcp-ip 5
35rec.games.go 5
36de.markt.comp.hardware.laufwerke 4
37de.rec.sport.laufen.trainingswoche 4
38comp.lang.objective-c 4
39de.comp.hardware.netzwerke.wireless 4
40de.comp.sys.mac.soc 3
41de.comp.sys.mac.programmieren 3
42de.etc.post 3
43de.comp.sys.mac.internet 3
44de.rec.tv.technik 2
45de.comm.provider.t-online 2
46de.alt.mud 2
47de.rec.sport.laufen.veranstaltungen 2
48de.comp.tv+video 2
49de.comm.provider.suche 2
50de.comm.provider.status 1
51de.markt.comp.hardware.misc 1
52de.org.ccc 1
53de.comp.security.virus 1
54de.comp.datenbanken.mysql 1
55de.rec.tv.lindenstrasse 1
56de.comm.internet.commerce 1
TOTAL: 56 12087


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