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Re: SPAM drop?


From: "crazy frog crazy frog" <i.m.crazy.frog () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 23:10:04 +0530

same here.my spam mails are increasing day by day :( even some spam
mail are able to bypass gmails protection :(

On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 3:25 AM, Randy Wyatt <rwwyatt01 () gmail com> wrote:

 >  Not that I want to complain -

 I was going to say that you can have some of mine if you are missing it.


 > but I have observed a massive drop in
 >  (unsuccessful because blocked) SPAM deliveries - only ~10% compared to only
 >  2 weeks ago (or only 20% of the average of this year).
 >  http://www.wyae.de/mailstats.png
 >
 >  Has anyone else observed this?
 >  What might be the reason?
 >  Could that effect be amplified even more?
 >

 Actually,  I am seeing more spam directly evade the existing filters
 and getting delivered to the end user.
 Especially things that should be caught such as Spams with the word
 penis (I work for a Telecom's firm), although my users have figured
 out how to complain to others that  I am a Dick without it being
 filtered.


 >  Thanks
 >
 >  Volker Tanger
 >
 >
 >  PS: the massive drop early january was due to a mail server failure,
 >     thus does not count...
 >

 Regards,
 Randy




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