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Re: Extremely High Spam Statistics
From: "Hall, Rand" <rand () MERRIMACK EDU>
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:25:00 -0500
I would be interested in comparing our spam stats with other institutions. We are currently sent around around 450 000 emails per day, of which 98-99% are spam leaving around 5000 valid email messages passed through. This is transparent to our uses who only receive valid email. Are other institution's spam levels this high? I would be very interested in hearing stats as I thought global rates were only around 90-95%.
98-99% does seem high. However, it depends on your userbase. Something chatty like Facebook can drop that figure like a rock by injecting thousands of "Joe wrote on your wall" messages. If you exposed your directory at some point and it was harvested it could get real high because every spammer on the planet bought a "good" list. Cheers, Rand Please STARTsafe and RUNsafe -- www.merrimack.edu/runsafe -- Rand P. Hall * Director, Network Services Merrimack College * SunGard Higher Education 315 Turnpike Street, North Andover MA 01845 * Tel 978-837-5000 Fax 978-837-5383 * rand.hall () merrimack edu * www.sungardhe.com CONFIDENTIALITY: This e-mail (including any attachments) may contain confidential, proprietary and privileged information, and unauthorized disclosure or use is prohibited. If you received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender and delete this e-mail from your system.
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