On Wednesday 15 September 2004 11:01, Chris Stenton might have typed: > I have been looking at my mail logs and wonder if this is now the norm > > Mail stats for last 24 hours > > 3020 Total mail messages > 2143 reject "unknown user" > 206 reject RBL > 39 reject Virus > 158 SPAM messages caught by SA 3.0 > 474 genuine mail messages > > The number of "unknown user" rejects has grown really fast over the last 4 > weeks. I am not sure what the spammers motives are as the success rate must > be near zero?
Doesn't cost them anything really if they're using a compromised system. I've got a few addresses that have been invalid for years, and they still bounce mail. Well, they did until I turned them into spamtraps.
