i pulled these together to show one of my clients just how much spam
they would be getting if not for my blocking. i thought i'd share and
see what the other folks on the list thought:
In 2006, the Option8 mail server:
delivered 24,980 pieces of email to the world
received 41,912 pieces of email for clients
blocked 573,879 pieces of spam (93.2%)
broken down by blocking mechanism:
blacklists/RBLs:
psbl.surriel.com 4499
zen.spamhaus.org 28379
dnsbl.sorbs.net 48910
bl.spamcop.net 7769
combined.njabl.org 9564
internal blacklist 254825
other blacklists (out of date, unsubscribed, etc) 170405
total blacklists:
524711
spamtraps:
1777
routed to error (country TLDS, bad recipient, etc)
47256
temp bans (too many bad usernames)
135
Charles Mangin
Option8: Making Macs happy since 1999.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.option8consulting.com
919.368.7167
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