We saw a sudden ~50% increase on July 16th, but only fluctuations and
moderate growth since then.  On weekdays we're now at 80% spam, 95% or
better on weekends.

Darin.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pete McNeil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Message Sniffer Community" <sniffer@sortmonster.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 9:23 AM
Subject: [sniffer] Re: Increase in spam


Hello K,

Wednesday, October 18, 2006, 8:52:17 AM, you wrote:

>   I've been seeing a massive increase in spam over the last 2 days getting
> through with minimal scores. Could this be due to the drawback of the
> filter involved with false positives, or something else?

It's hard to pin down, but not likely to be the pulled rule. We have
seen a relative increase in new spam campaigns over the past 2 days
preceded by a lull. That may be what you're noticing.

I've attached a graph to illustrate.

_M

-- 
Pete McNeil
Chief Scientist,
Arm Research Labs, LLC.


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