Re: Extremely High Spam Statistics

["Hall, Rand" <rand () MERRIMACK EDU>]

> 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

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