On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 15:53:29 -0400, Alexis
wrote:

Of the 91,457 most recent messages posted on rec.boats, 50,067 were off
topic.

Of the 41,390 remaining some were off topic but not caught in the
filter. Others started on topic but degenerated into off topic.

Items in para 2 notwithstanding, only 45.3% of posts in rec.boats are on
topic.

Of the off topic posts the most prolific off topic posters, and their
total off topic posts in this sample, a

Short Wave Sportfishing 310

You need to redo your filter settings.

I went back through my outbox, post-by-post and I don't have more than
48 off topic postings out of 782 posts since March of this year and
most of those have come recently.

And of those 48, 21 were "on topic off topic".

Recheck your data.

Take care.

Tom

"The beatings will stop when morale improves."
E. Teach, 1717