Sudden increase in untagged SPAM

[Matt Kettler]

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Stanier, Alan M wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Over the last week or so (from the time we upgraded to spamassassin
> 3.1.0) we have seen a large increase in SPAM the filters do not catch
> and tag.
> 
> Are other Universities seeing the same, or have we got a local problem?
>

Have you seen a corresponding increase in the number of messages the spam filter
is tagging? i.e. has your false-negative percentage changed, or has there just
been a general spike in the total volume of spam?

I myself had a peak in "spam caught" yesterday that hasn't been seen since mid
August.

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