Daily Usenet report

Dec 29 05:31:39 -- Dec 30 05:22:11

Log entries by program:

Program nameLines%LinesSize%Size
inn 98688 45.0%10.8 MB 46.0%
nnrpd 52880 24.1%4.4 MB 18.8%
innd 52517 24.0%5.5 MB 23.7%
cnfsstat 12155 5.5%2.4 MB 10.1%
batcher 1822 0.8%210.5 KB 0.9%
innfeed 1195 0.5%147.6 KB 0.6%
controlchan 18 0.0%1.4 KB 0.0%
TOTAL: 7 219275 100.0%23.4 MB100.0%

History cache:

ReasonCount%Count
Negative hits 131492 46.8%
Do not exist 98451 35.0%
Positive hits 50832 18.1%
Cache misses 331 0.1%
TOTAL: 4 281106 100.0%

INND timer:

Code regionTimePctInvokedMin(ms)Avg(ms)Max(ms)
article cancel00:00:03.192 0.0%419 0.000 7.618 101.000
article control00:00:02.689 0.0%402 0.000 6.689 101.000
article link00:00:00.000 0.0%0 0.000 0.000 0.000
article write00:02:33.824 0.2%68025 0.000 2.261 1625.333
history grep00:00:00.448 0.0%240 0.000 1.867 24.000
history lookup00:10:15.887 0.7%281101 0.000 2.191 20.935
history sync00:00:00.698 0.0%11856 0.000 0.059 2.000
history write00:13:00.746 0.9%98172 0.000 7.953 612.538
idle23:04:02.296 96.8%1252200 5.331 66.317 16978.000
overview write00:09:36.431 0.7%68025 0.000 8.474 5461.000
perl filter00:06:26.894 0.5%98152 1.000 3.942 84.000
site send00:00:06.049 0.0%140968 0.000 0.043 1.667
TOTAL: 23:50:29.63123:46:09.154 99.7%----

Control commands to INND:

CommandNumber
flush 2255
flushlogs 1
paused 1
TOTAL: 3 2257

Incoming Feeds (INN):

ServerConnectsOfferedTakenRefusedReject%AccptElapsed
1nntp.noris.net 2 86283 46936 16278 23069 54%23:35:33
2newsfeed0.freenet.de 310 22464 11134 10399 931 49%23:34:21
3newsfeed1.freenet.de 286 19836 8684 10312 840 43%23:34:06
4news.nl.linux.org 11 4650 75 4572 3 1%23:33:26
5localhost 21 19 19 0 0 100%00:00:01
6finalfrontier.franken.de 286 0 0 0 0 0%00:00:00
7newsfeed.fu-berlin.de 1 1 0 1 0 0%00:10:00
TOTAL: 7 917 133253 66848 41562 24843 50%94:27:27

Incoming articles:

DateArticles%ArtsArt/secSize%SizeKB/sec
Dec 29 05:31:39 - 05:59:59 949 1.4% 0.564.8 MB 0.6% 2.90
Dec 29 06:00:00 - 06:59:59 1992 2.9% 0.5513.9 MB 1.7% 3.96
Dec 29 07:00:00 - 07:59:59 2000 2.9% 0.5681.6 MB 10.2% 23.21
Dec 29 08:00:00 - 08:59:59 2027 3.0% 0.56139.0 MB 17.4% 39.53
Dec 29 09:00:00 - 09:59:59 1930 2.8% 0.54149.8 MB 18.8% 42.62
Dec 29 10:00:00 - 10:59:59 1640 2.4% 0.4624.2 MB 3.0% 6.88
Dec 29 11:00:00 - 11:59:59 1778 2.6% 0.495.2 MB 0.6% 1.47
Dec 29 12:00:00 - 12:59:59 1928 2.8% 0.545.6 MB 0.7% 1.59
Dec 29 13:00:00 - 13:59:59 1932 2.8% 0.546.3 MB 0.8% 1.80
Dec 29 14:00:00 - 14:59:59 2698 4.0% 0.759.0 MB 1.1% 2.57
Dec 29 15:00:00 - 15:59:59 3018 4.4% 0.8416.4 MB 2.1% 4.67
Dec 29 16:00:00 - 16:59:59 3270 4.8% 0.9110.1 MB 1.3% 2.88
Dec 29 17:00:00 - 17:59:59 3459 5.1% 0.9618.0 MB 2.2% 5.11
Dec 29 18:00:00 - 18:59:59 3633 5.3% 1.0116.7 MB 2.1% 4.75
Dec 29 19:00:00 - 19:59:59 4155 6.1% 1.1555.2 MB 6.9% 15.71
Dec 29 20:00:00 - 20:59:59 3840 5.6% 1.0743.0 MB 5.4% 12.24
Dec 29 21:00:00 - 21:59:59 4549 6.7% 1.2671.1 MB 8.9% 20.22
Dec 29 22:00:00 - 22:59:59 3501 5.1% 0.9712.4 MB 1.6% 3.53
Dec 29 23:00:00 - 23:59:59 4297 6.3% 1.1937.3 MB 4.7% 10.62
Dec 30 00:00:00 - 00:59:59 3420 5.0% 0.9534.5 MB 4.3% 9.81
Dec 30 01:00:00 - 01:59:59 3121 4.6% 0.8710.1 MB 1.3% 2.88
Dec 30 02:00:00 - 02:59:59 2810 4.1% 0.7811.1 MB 1.4% 3.15
Dec 30 03:00:00 - 03:59:59 2690 4.0% 0.759.0 MB 1.1% 2.56
Dec 30 04:00:00 - 04:59:59 2345 3.4% 0.6510.4 MB 1.3% 2.95
Dec 30 05:00:00 - 05:22:11 1045 1.5% 0.793.9 MB 0.5% 3.02
TOTAL: 23:50:32 68027 100.0% 0.79798.7 MB 100.0% 9.53

CNFS buffer status:

BufferClassSizeUsed%UsedCyclesKB/secDays
BUF001MDEU1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF002MDEU1.9 GB1.8 GB 95.9% 0 0.31 74.95
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% 3 0.00 0.00
BUF007MSUP1.9 GB499.0 MB 25.6% 1 0.41 57.07
BUF008MSUP1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF009MSUP1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF010MSUP1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF011MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 13 0.00 0.00
BUF012MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 13 0.00 0.00
BUF013MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 13 0.00 0.00
BUF014MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 13 0.00 0.00
BUF015MBIN1.9 GB396.6 MB 20.3% 12 4.92 4.70
BUF016MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 12 0.00 0.00
BUF017MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 12 0.00 0.00
BUF018MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 12 0.00 0.00
BUF019MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 12 0.00 0.00
BUF020MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 12 0.00 0.00
BUF021MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 10 0.00 0.00
BUF022MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 12 0.00 0.00
BUF023MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 12 0.00 0.00
BUF024MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 12 0.00 0.00
BUF025MBIN1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 12 0.00 0.00
BUF026MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 6 0.00 0.00
BUF027MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 6 0.00 0.00
BUF028MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 6 0.00 0.00
BUF029MALT1.9 GB891.1 MB 45.6% 5 6.42 3.61
BUF030MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 5 0.00 0.00
BUF031MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 5 0.00 0.00
BUF032MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 5 0.00 0.00
BUF033MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 5 0.00 0.00
BUF034MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 5 0.00 0.00
BUF035MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 5 0.00 0.00
BUF036MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 5 0.00 0.00
BUF037MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 5 0.00 0.00
BUF038MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 5 0.00 0.00
BUF039MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 5 0.00 0.00
BUF040MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 5 0.00 0.00
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 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF049MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF050MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF051MALL1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 1 0.00 0.00
BUF052MALL1.9 GB1.6 GB 81.4% 0 0.82 28.28
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% 5 0.00 0.00
BUF072MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 4 0.00 0.00
BUF073MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 5 0.00 0.00
BUF074MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 5 0.00 0.00
BUF075MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 5 0.00 0.00
BUF076MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 5 0.00 0.00
BUF077MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 5 0.00 0.00
BUF078MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 5 0.00 0.00
BUF079MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 5 0.00 0.00
BUF080MALT1.9 GB491.5 KB 0.0% 4 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 MB181.3 MB 36.3% 1 0.17 34.93
TOTAL: 85-159.3 GB5.3 GB 3.4% 331 2.01-

Sites sending bad articles:

ServerTotalGroupDistDuplicUnappTooOldSiteLineOther
1nntp.noris.net 28819 1775 0 7 20 0 0 027017
2newsfeed0.freenet.de 957 37 0 0 1 0 0 0 919
3newsfeed1.freenet.de 878 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 836
4news.nl.linux.org 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
5news-out.odn.de 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
TOTAL: 5 30661 1854 0 8 21 0 0 028778

Unwanted newsgroups [Top 20]:

NewsgroupCount
alt.sex.pictures.nospam 181
alt.sex.phone.ads 131
alt.sex.telephone.ads 127
alt.sex.telephone 107
alt.flame.cincinnati 102
macromedia.flex.general_discussion 91
alt.penthouse.sex.telephone 85
macromedia.flash.actionscript3 60
talk.us.rhode-island 46
alt.sex.marketplace 41
alt.sex.erotica.marketplace 40
alt.sex.erotica.market.place 38
microsoft.public.internetexplorer.beta 27
alt.sex.masterbation.pictures.female.teen 21
de.soc.arbeitslos 20
misc.phone.mobile.iphone 19
macromedia.labs.spry_framework_for_ajax_prerelease 18
microsoft.public.windows.live.sync 18
alt.sex.femdom 18
macromedia.adobe.photoshop.express 17
TOTAL: 289 1854

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

GroupsCount
alt.christnet.religion 10
gnu.bash.bug 10
alt.disney.disneyland 1
TOTAL: 3 21

INND perl filter [Top 20]:

ReasonCount
EMP (md5) 8144
Poison newsgroup 6698
EMP (phl) 5127
Cancel for rejected article 4647
Binary in non-binary group 1394
EMP (fsl) 1117
Scoring filter (8) 296
PFM bot misc 217
Scoring filter (9) 216
Scoring filter (10) 124
Scoring filter (11) 95
Scoring filter (12) 58
Scoring filter (13) 29
Scoring filter (14) 24
Adult group ECP 18
HTML post 18
Scoring filter (15) 14
Attached HTML file 6
Scoring filter (16) 4
Cancel in forbidden group 2
TOTAL: 22 28252

Miscellaneous innd statistics [Top 10]:

EventServerNumber
Article posted in the future
newsfeed0.freenet.de 5
newsfeed1.freenet.de 1
TOTAL: 2 6
Including strange strings
nntp.noris.net 200
newsfeed0.freenet.de 45
newsfeed1.freenet.de 33
TOTAL: 3 278
TOTAL: 2 284

Outgoing Feeds (innfeed) by Articles:

ServerOfferedTakenRefusedRejectMissSpool%TookElapsed
1newsserver.news.garr.it 50464 350 42986 218 0 4 0%22:51:55
2news-in.odn.de 43 24 19 0 0 0 55%03:38:35
3nntp.noris.net 72 6 59 0 0 2 8%05:09:55
4news.hometree.net 1 1 0 0 0 0100%00:10:00
5newsfeed.freenet.de 27 1 17 9 0 1 3%02:45:20
6fu-berlin.de 1 0 1 0 0 0 0%00:10:00
TOTAL: 6 50608 382 43082 227 0 5164 0%82:55:44

Outgoing Feeds (innfeed) by Volume:

ServerAcceptVolRejectVolTotalVolVolume/secVol/ArtElapsed
1newsserver.news.garr.it2.0 MB633.5 KB2.6 MB0.0 KB/s4.7 KB22:51:55
2news-in.odn.de67.5 KB0.0 KB67.5 KB0.0 KB/s2.8 KB03:38:35
3nntp.noris.net19.3 KB0.0 KB19.3 KB0.0 KB/s3.2 KB05:09:55
4news.hometree.net5.0 KB0.0 KB5.0 KB0.0 KB/s5.0 KB00:10:00
5newsfeed.freenet.de1.7 KB24.0 KB25.7 KB0.0 KB/s2.6 KB02:45:20
6fu-berlin.de0.0 KB0.0 KB0.0 KB0.0 KB/s000:10:00
TOTAL: 62.1 MB657.5 KB2.7 MB0.0 KB/s4.6 KB82:55:44

UUCP batches created:

ServerOfferedArticlesSizeElapsed
aquanews 103 11962.5 MB00:01:05
billix 9 326750.8 KB00:00:05
chi 9 5571.3 MB00:00:05
classic 1 79201.3 KB00:00:01
crei 68 116301.0 KB00:00:38
flo 1 14.9 KB00:00:00
gjbsd 5 1333.2 KB00:00:03
hektor 6 1869.1 KB00:00:03
hph 1 14.9 KB00:00:00
karnickel 240 745741.3 MB00:02:16
kaschber 63 139314.0 KB00:00:27
knilch 9 141511.6 KB00:00:06
mbsks 62 107268.3 KB00:00:49
memotech 9 37111.0 KB00:00:04
moldy 4 1127.7 KB00:00:01
passau 1 14.9 KB00:00:00
sammy 85 23216.3 MB00:00:46
seefeld 6 2877.8 KB00:00:05
silesia 140 13677.1 MB00:01:19
solid 11 14143.4 MB00:00:07
swzcomm 8 254593.7 KB00:00:04
teebox 16 23605.4 MB00:00:14
tmb 1 22.5 KB00:00:00
tychen 88 203535.4 KB00:00:53
unicorn 18 43158.3 KB00:00:08
watari 8 164467.3 KB00:00:07
TOTAL: 26 972 1835671.6 MB00:09:38

NNRP readership statistics:

SystemConnArtsSizeGroupsPostRejElapsed
1p5494638d.dip.t-dialin.net 17 327707.6 KB 255 6 000:01:08
2rotfl.franken.de1430 274720.1 KB 5412 12 000:22:06
3r5159.r.pppool.de 3 232470.6 KB 27 0 000:23:13
4213.185.132.10 104 156361.6 KB 1456 0 000:04:12
5r2e2b.r.pppool.de 3 123266.9 KB 21 0 000:16:28
68.106.113.82.net.de.o2.com 2 2557.3 KB 21 0 000:54:24
7p50818204.dip0.t-ipconnect.de 5 2551.5 KB 7 0 001:06:47
8p5081f6e6.dip.t-dialin.net 2 2240.2 KB 3 0 000:07:07
9r508b.r.pppool.de 1 1944.5 KB 9 0 000:05:58
10r4c21.r.pppool.de 2 1637.0 KB 12 0 000:13:03
11p549445d2.dip.t-dialin.net 2 1541.7 KB 34 0 000:00:08
12r5f1a.r.pppool.de 5 916.2 KB 10 1 000:55:14
13dsl01.212.114.237.43.ip-pool.nefkom.net 3 718.9 KB 6 0 000:04:26
14finalfrontier.franken.de 286 618.7 KB 4 0 000:00:27
15r4c6d.r.pppool.de 1 46.7 KB 7 0 000:05:50
16bilbo.franken.de 2 27.7 KB 41 0 000:54:14
17r1db5.r.pppool.de 2 24.2 KB 10 0 001:02:23
TOTAL: 171870 12642.8 MB 7335 19 029:14:58

NNRP readership statistics (by domain):

SystemConnArtsSizeGroupsPostRejElapsed
1*.r.pppool.de 17 405846.1 KB 96 1 003:02:12
2*.dip.t-dialin.net 22 364789.5 KB 292 6 000:09:34
3*.franken.de1718 282746.5 KB 5457 12 001:16:48
4unresolved 104 156361.6 KB 1456 0 000:04:12
5*.106.113.82.net.de.o2.com 2 2557.3 KB 21 0 000:54:24
6*.dip0.t-ipconnect.de 6 2551.5 KB 7 0 001:36:49
7*.212.114.237.43.ip-pool.nefkom.net 3 718.9 KB 6 0 000:04:26
8*.83.171.162.75.ip-pool.nefkom.net 6 00.0 KB 0 0 001:20:06
9*.w.pppool.de 5 00.0 KB 0 0 002:00:14
10*.83.171.149.107.ip-pool.nefkom.net 12 00.0 KB 0 0 001:48:30
11*.83.171.155.50.ip-pool.nefkom.net 34 00.0 KB 0 0 016:57:38
TOTAL: 111929 12642.8 MB 7335 19 029:14:58

Curious NNRP server explorers [Top 20]:

SystemConn
dsl01.83.171.155.50.ip-pool.nefkom.net 34
dsl01.83.171.149.107.ip-pool.nefkom.net 12
dsl01.83.171.162.75.ip-pool.nefkom.net 6
w04a4.w.pppool.de 2
w21ac.w.pppool.de 1
p4fd15e31.dip.t-dialin.net 1
w1e87.w.pppool.de 1
w1fba.w.pppool.de 1
p50818d1b.dip0.t-ipconnect.de 1
TOTAL: 9 59

NNRP gethostbyaddr failures [Top 20]:

SystemConn
213.185.132.10 104
TOTAL: 1 104

NNRP client timeouts [Top 20]:

SystemConnPeer
r1db5.r.pppool.de 2 0
w04a4.w.pppool.de 2 0
p50818204.dip0.t-ipconnect.de 2 0
w1fba.w.pppool.de 1 0
r5f1a.r.pppool.de 1 0
w1e87.w.pppool.de 1 0
8.106.113.82.net.de.o2.com 1 0
p50818d1b.dip0.t-ipconnect.de 1 0
dsl01.83.171.162.75.ip-pool.nefkom.net 1 0
TOTAL: 9 12 0

Newsgroup request counts (by category):

CategoryCountPct
1de 1241 98.2%
2ger 15 1.2%
3rec 8 0.6%
TOTAL: 3 1264100.0%

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

NewsgroupCount
1de.soc.recht.misc 129
2de.alt.sysadmin.recovery 122
3de.comp.sys.notebooks 104
4de.etc.beruf.selbstaendig 99
5de.etc.haushalt 91
6de.comm.technik.dsl 75
7de.rec.mampf 67
8de.comp.security.firewall 51
9de.comp.sys.mac.misc 50
10de.rec.motorrad 36
11de.rec.fahrrad 32
12de.test 31
13de.etc.post 29
14de.sci.medizin.misc 25
15de.alt.netdigest 24
16de.comp.lang.php.misc 20
17de.soc.recht.strafrecht 20
18de.soc.datenschutz 19
19de.comp.os.unix.shell 19
20de.alt.fan.tabak 15
21ger.ct 15
22de.soc.umwelt 15
23de.comp.hardware.laufwerke.festplatten 15
24de.etc.bahn.bahnpolitik 13
25de.admin.net-abuse.mail 13
26de.etc.fahrzeug.auto 12
27de.comp.security.misc 12
28de.comp.lang.java 10
29de.rec.tv.lindenstrasse 10
30de.comp.lang.javascript 9
31de.comm.infosystems.www.authoring.misc 9
32de.rec.tiere.aquaristik 8
33de.rec.sport.laufen.trainingswoche 8
34de.soc.recht.strassenverkehr 8
35rec.games.go 7
36de.markt.comp.hardware.misc 6
37de.admin.news.groups 6
38de.alt.fan.aldi 6
39de.sci.medizin.diabetes 5
40de.rec.sf.misc 3
41de.sci.astronomie 3
42de.comm.provider.misc 2
43de.markt.arbeit.d 2
44de.comp.sys.mac.lokale-netze 2
45de.rec.hoerspiel 1
46de.etc.bahn.eisenbahntechnik 1
47de.comp.datenbanken.mysql 1
48rec.music.early 1
49de.alt.hoerfunk 1
50de.org.ccc 1
51de.rec.sport.laufen.veranstaltungen 1
TOTAL: 51 1264

innreport 3.0.2 (c) 1996-1999 by Fabien Tassin <fta@sofaraway.org>.