On Sunday 12 February 2006 5:58 pm, jdow wrote: > From: "Raymond Dijkxhoorn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Hi! > > > >> The spam count today was unaccountably low, about 3/4 of normal. Did > >> some spammer get "busted" or "broken" very recently? > >> > >> If so the tale would be fun to hear. > >> {^_^} > > > > Most likely you dont see them all since they moved to new stuff that > > doesnt get them scored. We added various custom rules to get them in > > again. > > I guarantee that is not the case. I see every email that comes to my > addresses, score them, and sort the spam to a spam folder for review. > (Actually I do have the Earthlink AV tool turned on. So if a botnet > switched to virusing I might not see it's mail. But a solid 25% reduction > is "remarkable" in that regard. I'd not expect it.) > > {^_-}
Odd, I got my usual 165+ today. FWIW, my spam count usually runs between 165 - 200 daily. Note, this is just a home, one user system. Matter of fact it looks like I got an increase in stock market spam today. -- Chris Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org 21:02:43 up 34 days, 2:49, 2 users, load average: 0.88, 0.67, 0.37 Mandriva Linux 10.1 Official, kernel 2.6.8.1-12mdk
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