[PLUG-TALK] Spam Drops to 12-year Low

[Rich Shepard]

On Fri, 17 Jul 2015, Richard Powell wrote:

> Well that certainly isn't stopping the botnets that have been consistently
> attacking my network for a year and a half now.

Richard,

   That's interesting. I've noticed a decrease in spam that makes it past the
postfix UCE rules, SpamAssassin, and RBLs. Of course, most days those reject
or block variable quantities of spam, but as long as they don't make into an
inbox I'm satisfied.

> I just lost a dedicated server customer yesterday because his box got
> hacked and he didn't want to spend the money/time to investigate or deal
> with it. Not surprising since he wouldn't spend the money/time to secure
> the box in the first place. But the timing is interesting with this
> article. :-)

   Looks like the type of client without whose business you're better off.
Less hassle for you.

> Attached is my last 30 days of spam graph. It's clearly higher than 50%.
> And if spam is being stopped before it hits the computers, like at my
> network with Barracuda, then customers receiving email and using Symantec
> may not see the truth of what is still being sent and/or blocked.

   Guess that Symantec uses different metrics so each of us might see
different patterns.

   A couple of days ago the darkode network was shut down and several
principals arrested. That's always good news.

Carpe weekend,

Rich