Sudden dropoff in volume of spam

[Kai Schaetzl]

Michael St. Laurent wrote on         Wed, 7 Apr 2004 14:40:45 -0700:

> I've noticed a relatively sudden reduction in the amount of spam being
> received by our company this week.  Has anyone else noticed this trend?
>

yes, what seems to have dropped rapidly for at least two days is the
amount of spam which makes it in the scanning phase. Which means in our
case that most spam is already caught by the RBL and access list. It's
almost like 99% while it usually is around 80% or so. Either the used RBL
got a lucky push or machines not on these lists stopped spamming.
Maybe they are on a long Easter weekend?


Kai

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