On Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 10:24:27AM -0400, Scott Blomquist wrote: > > > Simon Byrnand wrote: > > >>We run around 50%. And that's by count. With the MS worms flying in we > >>have noticably more spam by volume than real mail. > > > > > > Our current stats are 57% Spam, 43% ham. And thats not counting viruses, > > which get blocked before spamassassin even runs. > > > > Kinda makes you wonder where the world is heading when more email is junk > > than legitimate :/ > > > > Regards, > > Simon > > Here are the stats from my last several weeks: > Week ending 13-Sep 20-Sep 27-Sep 4-Oct 11-Oct > Clean 6111 6099 5658 6175 5490 > Spam 7982 7626 8432 9477 10555 > > Total 14093 13725 14090 15652 16045 > > Pct Clean 43% 44% 40% 39% 34% > Pct SPAM 57% 56% 60% 61% 66% > > It is getting progressively worse.
Here are some Fridays. Ignore the "rejected by ruleset" column; I added a bunch of rules to it Oct 9. The "total mails undelivered" column tells the tale -- the more so, now that the virus count column is negligible. Mails spamassassin rejected scanner total mails Total says 'spam' by ruleset says virus undelivered Oct 10 5534 1221 (22.06%) 952 (17.20%) 47 ( 0.85%) 2220 (40.12%) Oct 3 6007 1930 (32.13%) 309 ( 5.14%) 56 ( 0.93%) 2295 (38.21%) Sep 26 6214 2109 (33.94%) 304 ( 4.89%) 75 ( 1.21%) 2488 (40.04%) Sep 19 6373 1966 (30.85%) 373 ( 5.85%) 158 ( 2.48%) 2497 (39.18%) Sep 12 5478 1760 (32.13%) 333 ( 6.08%) 13 ( 0.24%) 2106 (38.44%) Sep 5 5555 1450 (26.10%) 447 ( 8.05%) 363 ( 6.53%) 2260 (40.68%) The "undelivered" fraction appears to be roughly constant over the 6 Fridays in this sample, but it has been rising over the past several months. Those not familiar with the story of "Nadine" should have a careful look at Michael Rathbun's site <http://www.honet.com/Nadine/default.htm> or one of its mirrors for a tale of Things Gone Horribly Wrong. Another of his sites, <http://www.tesp.com/tespUBErate.htm>, shows spam rates there over the past 30+ months, and should prove both instructing and horrifying. -- Mike Andrews [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tired old sysadmin ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. SourceForge.net hosts over 70,000 Open Source Projects. See the people who have HELPED US provide better services: Click here: http://sourceforge.net/supporters.php _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk