Quite true indeed! In the last 14 or so hours, we have received 24,693 e-mail messages; 24,688 of these were tagged and designated as spam! That means, only 5 were legitimate, and this is for only one of the many domains that we manage.
Is that how bad things can get, well, maybe, but that's how BIG spam IS! Regards, Mark Tinka Technical Manager, Africa Online Swaziland -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kiggundu Mukasa Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 10:41 AM To: LUG Subject: lug_: How big is SPAM? http://www.enterpriseitplanet.com/security/features/article.php/11321_3102341_1 You think you've got spam problems with a hundred or so spam messages a day? Try being an ISP or a business where on a good day you don't get more than a one hundred thousand spam mails a day. "You can't believe it's that much. Think again. How bad is it? Ferris Research, a San Francisco- and London-based email and groupware analysis firm, says that 30% of inbound email is spam at ISPs, while at companies, spam accounts for 15% to 20% of inbound email. 'In 2002,' Ferris says, 'the total cost of spam to corporate organizations in the United States was $8.9 billion.' -- **************** ***************************** Kiggundu Mukasa # Computer Network Consultancy### KYM-NET LTD. # Intranets & Internet Solutions# Plot 80 Kanjokya Street P.O. Box 173 Kampala, Uganda Tel: +256 77 972255 +256 71 221141 Fax: +256 31 262122 ************************************************************************* --------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
