Re: [vps-mail] Dramatic increase of spam during last days

[Godwin Stewart <gstewart@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 26 May 2004 11:48:31 +0200, Godwin Stewart <gstewart@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> I keep logs of the reports I file with SpamCop. These reports include both
> manual reports of spam which got past my filters, and automatic reports
> generated by spam hitting spam traps of mine. This is what I have for the
> past year:
> 
> 05/03:	129
> 06/03:	91
> 07/03:	100
> 08/03:	215
> 09/03:	208
> 10/03:	219
> 11/03:	320
> 12/03:	304
> 01/04:	223
> 02/04:	333
> 03/04:	532
> 04/04:	720 (even with an 11-day loss of connectivity)
> 05/04:	973 (so far - still 6 days to go before the end of the month)

Since we've reopened this thread I thought I'd just add that the final tally
for May was 1221. Spam has therefore multiplied ten-fold since this time
last year - on my box at least.

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