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http://www.securecomputing.net.au/News/128340%2cspam-volumes-drop-75-percent-in-a-day.aspx
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It seems that it is (at least from where I'm sitting). Spam caught on our
filters dropped by around about 31% on 11/11/2008. Graphing the about of
spam processed per hour there is a definite plummet around about the time
when McColo was pulled (9am EST / 14.00 GMT).
I've graphed the data in Excel and uploaded it to ImageShack:
http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/1235/mccologa6.gif It seems to be
creeping back up slowly, certainly there was a spike on 14/11/2008
(Friday). I wonder what caused that?
I'd certainly be interested if other people saw something similar. On a
similar note, does anybody remember what happened on 16/02/2008? The
amount of spam coming through our systems seemed to have jumped by 530%!
Regards
Richard
