Big drop in SPAM volume?

[Martin Hepworth]

2008/11/21 John Clancy <john.clancy at businessworld.ie>:
> 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>
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> 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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>> -----Original Message-----
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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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http://www.spamcop.net/spamgraph.shtml?spammonth

for a note. As has been posted they managed to get a backup circuit
going for a few hours and managed to transfer the control centres to
Russian based servers so expect the botnets to start again anytime
soon.

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Martin Hepworth
Oxford, UK