I use a yahoo account. In the last week its been pounded by spam. normally couple in my bulk box but now 5 times as many. 40 yesterday when i checked
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 10:29 AM Subject: [IMGate] Re: Confused but happy - After upgrade SPAM appears to be reduced. > > Andrew P. Kaplan wrote: > > > Perhaps I'm crazy, the numbers don't make sense. But here' the scenario. I > > upgraded from mail_version = 1.1.6 to 2.0.16 yesterday. Almost immediaoty I > > seemed to notice the numer of SPAM message reduced. This morning I have > > received a couple of calls expresseing surprised and satisfaction with the > > dramatic reduction in SPAM. I was expecting to see a huge increase in > > REJECTED. However the percentage is actually lower today 58% today and 91% > > yesterday. The total number of messages received yesterday was 20K less than > > the previous day. So did SPAMMERS take a holiday yesteray or should I stop > > smoking crack in the morning ? > > Although I haven't seen it here, I've seen comments on other lists that for > the past few days there has been a lull in spam but it is picking up again. > Also, heard a rumour of Sobig.G on the full-disclosure list but nothing to > confirm it yet. > > Crack, coffee,... Whatever keeps you going! > > -- > Chris Scott > Host Orlando, Inc > http://www.hostorlando.com/ >
