Even spammers take a holiday?

[Hugo van der Kooij]

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Mark Sapiro wrote:
> 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.

I second that theory. The prime source of spam is home computers. Well
.... Make that: The prime source of the SMTP connections delivering us
the spam is home computers.

Take that source partially offline and down goes the spam.

Hugo.


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	A: Yes.
	>Q: Are you sure?
	>>A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
	>>>Q: Why is top posting frowned upon?

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