Craig Baird wrote:
I think spam is *way* up the last week or two. My server started
hovering at
a load average of around 55 a week or so ago. I started doing some
investigating when I realized that the load was not coming down. I found
that My server has been taking between 400,000 and 500,000 messages per
day. A few months ago, it was more like 150,000 to 200,000 per day.
Unfortunately,
I moved logging over to a new syslog server recently, so I can't say
whether
the increase was sudden or gradual. I think some of it has been
gradual, but
it sure feels like it's only been the past few weeks that we've been
getting
hit *really* hard. After deciding that the load average was likely due to
actual spam load, I implemented a couple of RBLs at the MTA level. My load
is now back down between 1 and 3, and messages making it through to SA are
now back to around 200,000 per day.
Craig
Even my admittedly tiny shop has seen a 50% increase in traffic in the
past two weeks... from 10k messages a day to 15k - 16k average. Almost
100% of that increase is UCE.
--
--Michel Vaillancourt
Wolfstar Systems
www.wolfstar.ca
