Re: [tlug] Making sure people get the message

[Godwin Stewart <godwin.stewart@example.com>]

On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 21:43:42 +0900, Mark Makdad <mark@example.com> wrote:

> > Spam becomes worse every day.  A few years ago, it was estimated that 75
> > percent of all email is spam.  The figure has gotten much higher, I've
> > seen it listed as 85 percent, and even 90 something.  
>   
> I'd like to know where these figures have come from; I have my doubts.

I run a (very small) mail server. This is part of the log for Sept 30th:

  Attempted mail deliveries this month: 114370
             SpamCop information mails: 3465
            Mail entering calculations: 110905
      Total legitimate mail this month: 6794 (6.13%)
     Number of attempts firewalled out: 89128 (80.36%)
Number of rejected messages this month: 9231 (8.32%)
  Number of messages hitting spamtraps: 5752 (5.19%)
                 Total spam this month: 104111 (93.87%)
       Total infected mails this month: 0 (0.00%)

       Attempted mail deliveries today: 3863
             SpamCop information mails: 125
            Mail entering calculations: 3738
           Total legitimate mail today: 80 (2.14%)
     Number of attempts firewalled out: 3067 (82.05%)
     Number of rejected messages today: 393 (10.51%)
  Number of messages hitting spamtraps: 198 (5.30%)
                      Total spam today: 3658 (97.86%)
            Total infected mails today: 0 (0.00%)

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G. Stewart - godwin.stewart@example.com

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