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Re: Extremely High Spam Statistics


From: Ken Connelly <Ken.Connelly () UNI EDU>
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 18:58:28 -0600

Tim -

We're a mid-sized university in the US.  Between 1M and 1.5M messages
come knocking at our door most days, with roughly 90% of those being
categorized as spam.

- ken

Tim Lane wrote:
Hello,

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%.

Thanks,

Tim



Tim Lane
Information Security Program Manager

Information Technology and Telecommunication Services
Southern Cross University
PO Box 157 Lismore NSW 2480

(02 6620 3290   7              02 6620 3033   - tlane () scu edu au
8 http://www.scu.edu.au


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