Image spam

Billy A. Pumphrey bpumphrey at WoodMacLaw.com
Thu Jul 27 17:31:31 IST 2006


> 
> Billy A. Pumphrey wrote:
> > I have not seen any talk about the image spam that is going 
> on.  I am 
> > guessing that it has not been a problem.  Sophos reports that "mage 
> > spam accounts for over 35 percent of all spam seen today".
> > http://s579.link.sophos.com/dozjul06?pl_id=9
> > 
> > Any thoughts or added rules that people have done to combat this?
> > 
> > 
> Billy
> 
> I find the SARE rules and the URI-RBLS tend to get most of 
> this (<1% getting through)
> 
> 
> -- 
> Martin Hepworth
> Senior Systems Administrator
> Solid State Logic
> Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300
> 

I have had only one person prompt me about these emails.  I have
MailWatch but I don't really know how to see how much of the image spam
that it is catching and letting through (other than just looking at each
email).  How are you able to get your statistics so that I can do the
same?

Thank you


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