Even spammers take a holiday?

Mark Sapiro mark at msapiro.net
Mon Dec 24 19:59:00 GMT 2007


Thom Jones wrote:

>I've seen about a 40% reduction in spam per day since last Friday.
>Seemed strange to me since you'd think this would be their busiest time of 
>year - just like the arrogant kiosk hand lotion sales people in the malls.
>Anomaly? Or do they succumb to the spirt of giving like the rest of the world?


My hypothesis (no supporting evidence) is the owners of the zombied
machines in the spambot networks are not as likely to have their
machines turned on.

-- 
Mark Sapiro <mark at msapiro.net>        The highway is for gamblers,
San Francisco Bay Area, California    better use your sense - B. Dylan



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