Unheard ofevent <OT>

[Collins Richey]

On 11/8/06, David Bandel <david.bandel at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/7/06, Collins Richey <crichey at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 11/7/06, A. Khattri <ajai at bway.net> wrote:
> > > On Sun, 5 Nov 2006, Collins Richey wrote:
> > >
> > > > I've never seen it happen before: spamsters took a day off!
> > > >
> > > > When I checked this morning, I only had 9 items in my spam folder
> > > > (normal is 200+).
> > >
> > > Since implementing greylisting on my mail server I see hardly any spam -
> > > some days I may get two or more but never more than four.
> > >
> > > Most of the current spam we get is from PCs (probably many are infected
> > > zombie PCs) hence greylisting is very very effective since most don't run
> > > a real MTA.
> > >
> >
> > Two dayslater, I've only gotten 154 spams (quite low). Maybe gmail is
> > actually dropping some of the worst offenders now?
>
> Not sure what's happening.  gmail spam folder (which I ignore other
> than to note the number) dropped below 1300 (actually 1095 right now)
> for the first time in months.  It had been running around 1500 two
> weeks ago.  That's a significant drop.  My mail servers seem to be
> less heavily saturated as well.
>

Well, the vacation is over, they're back!

Also, gmail filtering is letting more crap through than usual.


-- 
Collins Richey
     If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries
     of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.