RE: Spam Levels Declining?
I saw a news article that stated in California they took down an entire ISP that was spewing spam from one of its customers. From: Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 10:05 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Spam Levels Declining? It appears that spam levels overall are on the decline. Here is an overview from my spam filter: Perhaps we'll continue to see further declines despite the typical pre-Christmas uptick: http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2008/11/12/huge-spam-outfit-taken-off-l ine/ Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ Brain cells come and brain cells go, but fat cells live forever. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image002.jpgimage003.jpg
Re: Spam Levels Declining?
Yup, a major spammer was shut down Monday. On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 9:05 AM, Roger Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It appears that spam levels overall are on the decline. Here is an overview from my spam filter: [image: cid:image001.png@01C94577.2E8913D0] Perhaps we'll continue to see further declines despite the typical pre-Christmas uptick: http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2008/11/12/huge-spam-outfit-taken-off-line/ Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 [image: ET E-mail Signature Logo] _ Brain cells come and brain cells go, but fat cells live forever. -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image004.jpgimage001.png
RE: Spam Levels Declining?
Spam dropped by 80% on my barracuda in the last two days. Bob Fronk [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 10:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Spam Levels Declining? Yup, a major spammer was shut down Monday. On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 9:05 AM, Roger Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It appears that spam levels overall are on the decline. Here is an overview from my spam filter: Perhaps we'll continue to see further declines despite the typical pre-Christmas uptick: http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2008/11/12/huge-spam-outfit-taken-off-l ine/ Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ Brain cells come and brain cells go, but fat cells live forever. -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image001.pngimage002.jpg
RE: Spam Levels Declining?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7725492.stm ...Spence From: Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 13 November 2008 15:05 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Spam Levels Declining? It appears that spam levels overall are on the decline. Here is an overview from my spam filter: Perhaps we'll continue to see further declines despite the typical pre-Christmas uptick: http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2008/11/12/huge-spam-outfit-taken-off-l ine/ Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ Brain cells come and brain cells go, but fat cells live forever. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image001.pngimage002.jpg
RE: Spam Levels Declining?
Checking my reports... looks like... and I'm thinking it's the first I've ever seen this - that my spam message total has dipped below my good email. Yep they definitely crossed. - John Barsodi From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 7:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Spam Levels Declining? Yup, a major spammer was shut down Monday. On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 9:05 AM, Roger Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It appears that spam levels overall are on the decline. Here is an overview from my spam filter: Perhaps we'll continue to see further declines despite the typical pre-Christmas uptick: http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2008/11/12/huge-spam-outfit-taken-off-l ine/ Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _ Brain cells come and brain cells go, but fat cells live forever. -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~image001.pngimage002.jpg
RE: Spam Levels Declining?
Correction The Washington Post has been gathering data on McColo for the past four months and passed the information to its internet service providers, Global Crossing and Hurricane Electric. Both decided to pull the plug on the firm on Tuesday :) -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 1:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Spam Levels Declining? On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 10:09 AM, Sherry Abercrombie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yup, a major spammer was shut down Monday. Correction: A major server hosting provider, McColo, was shut down due to legal action. This provider had a history of ignoring abuse complaints. So if their customer's servers were compromised, they didn't do anything. If a customer was a spammer, the didn't do anything. The actual spammers are not directly affected by the legal action. They will continue to look for neglectful hosts, and continue to try to compromise computers to use as zombie spam cannons. So this treats a symptom, but not the disease. Better than nothing, but far from ideal. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Spam Levels Declining?
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 10:09 AM, Sherry Abercrombie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yup, a major spammer was shut down Monday. Correction: A major server hosting provider, McColo, was shut down due to legal action. This provider had a history of ignoring abuse complaints. So if their customer's servers were compromised, they didn't do anything. If a customer was a spammer, the didn't do anything. The actual spammers are not directly affected by the legal action. They will continue to look for neglectful hosts, and continue to try to compromise computers to use as zombie spam cannons. So this treats a symptom, but not the disease. Better than nothing, but far from ideal. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Spam Levels Declining?
Whatever. On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 11:33 AM, Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 10:09 AM, Sherry Abercrombie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yup, a major spammer was shut down Monday. Correction: A major server hosting provider, McColo, was shut down due to legal action. This provider had a history of ignoring abuse complaints. So if their customer's servers were compromised, they didn't do anything. If a customer was a spammer, the didn't do anything. The actual spammers are not directly affected by the legal action. They will continue to look for neglectful hosts, and continue to try to compromise computers to use as zombie spam cannons. So this treats a symptom, but not the disease. Better than nothing, but far from ideal. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ -- Sherry Abercrombie Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
