Big reduction in spam recently.

I read today (in The Globe and Mail) that back on Nov. 11, a San Jose CA web-hosting company (McColo Corp) was shut down, which corresponds to an almost 2/3 reduction in worldwide spam. It seems this outfit was crucial for about 90 billion spam messages being sent daily worldwide recently.

So, have you noticed a reduction? I have. And what particular kind of hell awaits these guys when they die? :evillol:

I noticed a huge decrease, but then we saw that about 4 years ago when AOL took out "a" spammer through the courts and raffeled of his Porsche but it just keeps coming back. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/03/30/aol_raffles_spammers_seized_porsche/

A good blog on this latest bust is here: http://blogs.computerworld.com/mccolo_is_mcshut_mcdown

Actually, I've noticed a slight increase in both of my email accounts that I use regularly :dunno:. But , like when the police take out a major drug dealer or supplier, it's only a matter of time before things "return to normal" as others move in to take the place of the one that was removed. And then it's business as usual.

Spam volumes for the past week at work:

DateTotalSpamCleanInvalid
rcptsVirusesRelay
DeniedRBL
HitsHelo
Reject2008-11-1588660815070480462008-11-1418359386707290150502008-11-1317391041570522300442008-11-1220661383561430190602008-11-113088195684879146380212008-11-1022151542558626270202008-11-09165314637765720021

OK, that last post was nonsense.

Today 607 spam / 806 messages
14/11/08 938 spam / 1836 messgaes
13/11/08 570 spam / 1739 messages
12/11/08 1383 spam / 2066 messages
11/11/08 1956 spam / 3088 messages
10/11/08 1542 spam / 2215 messages
09/11/08 1463 spam / 1653 messages































































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Spam volumes for the past week at work:

DateTotalSpamCleanInvalid
rcptsVirusesRelay
DeniedRBL
HitsHelo
Reject2008-11-1588660815070480462008-11-1418359386707290150502008-11-1317391041570522300442008-11-1220661383561430190602008-11-113088195684879146380212008-11-1022151542558626270202008-11-09165314637765720021

uh... what?

OK, that last post was nonsense.

Today 607 spam / 806 messages
14/11/08 938 spam / 1836 messgaes
13/11/08 570 spam / 1739 messages
12/11/08 1383 spam / 2066 messages
11/11/08 1956 spam / 3088 messages
10/11/08 1542 spam / 2215 messages
09/11/08 1463 spam / 1653 messages































































202008-11-09165314637765720021

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