I would have to agree, you're just lucky... The amount of spam my mail server is blocking on a daily basis - I can send you the logs - is truly amazing, and my end users still complain when they get 2 or 3 a day!
I receive notifications when zip files are being rejected - I get at least 10 of those a day... and coming from FedEx, UPS and Intuiut (fake addresses), I need to be careful what I blacklist... "Spam is a largely solved problem in email" - That guy needs to be connected to an unfiltered internet connection... Michael -----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 16:08:40 -0800 Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Welcome to the Internet of Things (IoT) I guess you're just lucky. I regularly see 5-10 pieces a day at each account, including work, public and private - either in my inbox or caught in quarantine, it's about a 50-50 mix. Kurt On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 3:46 PM, Ken Schaefer <[email protected]> wrote: > Why isn't it true? How much is "too much spam"? > > From my perspective, I guess that most people in the world get little or no spam, despite 99+% of all mail being sent on the internet being spam. I don't recall receiving a single piece of spam in the past 10 years at my work accounts, and even at home, I seem to be getting a few pieces a day/max. > > For my Outlook.com and Gmail.com accounts, I'd say one piece a month would be the norm. > > Whilst you might not "consider that solved", I don't see it as a big issue. Certainly not one where you need to be taking hallucinogens to agree with the statement. > > Cheers > Ken > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kurt Buff > Sent: Sunday, 19 January 2014 9:59 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Welcome to the Internet of Things (IoT) > > Because it isn't true. We have a Barracuda 4xx series appliance, and use several RBLs, and we still get far too much spam, much of it phishing. Also, as noted by another poster, most email flowing through the world is still spam. > > I'm sure that there are better solutions than the Barracuda, but none of them are anywhere near perfect. Actually, when I had Maia Mailguard running, I found it superior to the Barracuda, but it still wasn't extremely good. > > Kurt > > On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 3:55 AM, Ken Schaefer <[email protected]> wrote: >> Why do you disagree with the statement? >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kurt Buff >> Sent: Saturday, 18 January 2014 3:55 AM >> To: Kurt Buff >> Subject: [NTSysADM] Welcome to the Internet of Things (IoT) >> >> "spam is a largely solved problem in email" - I want some of the drugs the author is taking. >> >> Kurt >> >> http://qz.com/167817/someones-refrigerator-just-took-part-in-a-malicio >> us-cyberattack/ >> >> > >
