Svar: Re: More SPAM?

[Mike Kercher]

What are your Spam scores set to in your MailScanner.conf?
What version of SpamAssassin are you running?
Are you using any RBL's?

Mike


> -----Original Message-----
> From: MailScanner mailing list
> [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Jan Elmqvist Nielsen
> Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 1:58 PM
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Svar: Re: More SPAM?
>
> I have a user which received about 60 Spam mails in the
> beginning of june - It's now close to 150 Spam mails every day!
>
> Total for one of our domain is about 50 % Spam mails during
> the workdays and 80 % in the weekends!
>
> /jan Elmqvist Nielsen
>
> >>> marco at MUW.EDU 06-11-03 19:10 >>>
> Hi,
>
> > You are not the only one, we are getting bombarded with SPAM.
>
> There has certainly been a recent spike in SPAM coming to our site.
> However, MS has been handling the spike pretty good. There
> are always a few here and there that make it through the
> checkpoints, but I was able to tackle those few by using
> SpamCop and Spamhause RBLs.
>
> Just an interesting notion: as of October, Spam has increased
> by more than 100% since July (coming to our site). I have
> noticed this spike around August. It is truly a world-wide
> problem. Something more effective has to be done to prosecute
> those felthy individuals.
>
>
> Hope this helps
> Marco
>