I was going to post my stats as well. Slight increase in spam. Not getting thru, but increase in being sent ;) *sigh*
"The goggles, they do nothing!" - McBane I also get a lot of "Survey" calls at home now. *Deep sigh* --Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Gary Funck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 1:23 AM > To: Spamassassin List > Subject: [SAtalk] (OT) Inbox Trauma: New Anti-Spam Tools Falter > > > > http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/ 200401/msg0010 > 7.html > > -----Original Message----- > From: Claudio Gutierrez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 20:56:04 > To:Dave Farber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Inbox Trauma: New Anti-Spam Tools Falter > > Dave > I think you have a first hand experience on this topic > > http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=530&e=2&u=/ap/ > 20040111/ap_on > _hi_te/swimming_in_spam > By ANICK JESDANUN, AP Internet Writer > > NEW YORK - Software makers have spent millions of dollars > developing new > tools for battling spam, and a new federal anti-spam law went into > effect on Jan. 1. So are our e-mail inboxes any less cluttered? > > In the week since the law took effect, spam-filtering company > Brightmail > Inc. flagged 58 percent of incoming e-mail as spam, showing no change > from December. And America Online Inc. saw a 10 percent jump in spam > from overseas, possibly from spammers trying to evade U.S. law. > > Some experts even believe the new law will actually bury us > in even more > electronic junk. > > "Now we have a green light for what would come to be called `legal > spam,'" said Vincent Schiavone, chief executive of the ePrivacy Group > consultancy. By establishing official guidelines for what's > permissible, > "the federal law made unsolicited mail legal but no less unwanted." > > Advances in filtering technology aren't eliminating spam, either, as > spammers quickly develop smarter countermeasures such as constantly > changing the wording in their messages. > > As well, spammers have used computer viruses to create > additional e-mail > relay points even as Internet service companies shut down previously > poisoned pathways. > > Leslie Flynn, an administrative assistant for an investment banker, > continues to get ads for Xanex, Valium and "things to make > parts of your > bodies bigger." > > The new law doesn't actually ban pitches as long as senders > meet various > guidelines - such as including an accurate subject line and > the sender's > real-world mail address. Recipients must also be offered a way to > decline, or opt out of, future e-mailings. > > <snip> > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Perforce Software. > Perforce is the Fast Software Configuration Management System offering > advanced branching capabilities and atomic changes on 50+ platforms. > Free Eval! http://www.perforce.com/perforce/loadprog.html > _______________________________________________ > Spamassassin-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Perforce Software. Perforce is the Fast Software Configuration Management System offering advanced branching capabilities and atomic changes on 50+ platforms. Free Eval! http://www.perforce.com/perforce/loadprog.html _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
