Big drop in SPAM volume?

[John Clancy]

Thanks Phil,

I remember reading about the shutdown of McColo but I'm amazed that shutting 
down just one would generate a 60 odd per cent drop in the volume of SPAM 
coming in:-)

If only it was as simple as shutting down a few others and curing the whole 
SPAM problem.

Of course it's only a matter of time before the ****ards find another route 
:-(

JC
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Randal, Phil" <prandal at herefordshire.gov.uk>
To: "MailScanner discussion" <mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info>
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 11:12 AM
Subject: RE: Big drop in SPAM volume?


> Yes,
>
> Apart from a spike on the 18th, yes.
>
> It's releated to the shutdown of McColo:
>
> http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/articl
> e5183398.ece
>
> Cheers,
>
> Phil
>
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> [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of John
> Clancy
> Sent: 21 November 2008 10:38
> To: "MailScanner discussion"
> Subject: Big drop in SPAM volume?
>
> Hi,
>
> Is anybody else seeing a big drop off in SPAM volume over the last week
> or so? or is it just me?
>
> I run the email server for a small company (approx 7,500 emails per day
> at
> peak) and I've been seeing big reductions in incoming SPAM volumes over
> the last 10 days.
>
> The following is taken from the Mailwatch "Total Messages by Date"
> report
>
> Date     SPAM         %
> 17/10     1,218         58.0%
> 18/10     844             79.7%
> 19/10     858             76.5%
> 20/10     1,688         66.0%
> 21/10     2,163         68.2%
> 22/10     2,372         74.4%
> 23/10     6,621         87.5%
> 24/10     2,162         71.3%
> 25/10     1,231         82.7%
> 26/10     966             79.2%
> 27/10     1,296         75.4%
> 28/10     1,733         66.2%
> 29/10     1,635         63.2%
> 30/10     3,443         78.6%
> 31/10     1,335         60.0%
> 01/11     1,260         84.3%
> 02/11     1,183         85.4%
> 03/11     1,417         64.4%
> 04/11     1,494         62.4%
> 05/11     1,159         60.5%
> 06/11     1,238         60.6%
> 07/11     1,009         52.6%
> 08/11     788             68.7%
> 09/11     678             75.3%
> 10/11     1,259         59.9%
> 11/11     1,213         56.4%
> 12/11     428             36.1%
> 13/11     363             28.7%
> 14/11     343             32.3%
> 15/11     327             57.7%
> 16/11     301             57.8%
> 17/11     448             33.5%
> 18/11     490             36.5%
> 19/11     422             34.1%
> 20/11     387             35.1%
>
> JC
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