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Massive Increase in SPAM?Has anyone else out there had a significant increase in SPAM in the past
week? We normally get in around 90K messages per day. Yesterday we got 133K messages coming into the company. Our systems filter SPAM pretty well but we have been getting massive amounts this week. Thanks, Fred On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 15:04:22 -0600, "Fred Yarbrough"
<fcyarbro***@yahoo.com> wrote: Show quote >Has anyone else out there had a significant increase in SPAM in the past Mebbe W32.Mytob and its variants...>week? > >We normally get in around 90K messages per day. Yesterday we got 133K >messages coming into the company. > > >Our systems filter SPAM pretty well but we have been getting massive amounts >this week. > > >Thanks, >Fred > Nope. The SPAMs that we are getting are simply
mortgage, weight loss, software, insurance. Thanks, Fred Show quote "Andy David - MVP" <ada***@pleasekeepinngcheesebucket.com> wrote in message news:pvgpo1h2ni4ipsf40l8udovr8vr3nhjjfv@4ax.com... > On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 15:04:22 -0600, "Fred Yarbrough" > <fcyarbro***@yahoo.com> wrote: > > >Has anyone else out there had a significant increase in SPAM in the past > >week? > > > >We normally get in around 90K messages per day. Yesterday we got 133K > >messages coming into the company. > > > > > >Our systems filter SPAM pretty well but we have been getting massive amounts > >this week. > > > > > >Thanks, > >Fred > > > > > Mebbe W32.Mytob and its variants... > > On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 15:20:45 -0600, "Fred Yarbrough"
<fcyarbro***@yahoo.com> wrote: >Nope. The SPAMs that we are getting are simply Targeted marketing? <g>> >mortgage, weight loss, software, insurance. Show quote > > > >Thanks, >Fred > > >"Andy David - MVP" <ada***@pleasekeepinngcheesebucket.com> wrote in message >news:pvgpo1h2ni4ipsf40l8udovr8vr3nhjjfv@4ax.com... >> On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 15:04:22 -0600, "Fred Yarbrough" >> <fcyarbro***@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> >Has anyone else out there had a significant increase in SPAM in the past >> >week? >> > >> >We normally get in around 90K messages per day. Yesterday we got 133K >> >messages coming into the company. >> > >> > >> >Our systems filter SPAM pretty well but we have been getting massive >amounts >> >this week. >> > >> > >> >Thanks, >> >Fred >> > >> >> >> Mebbe W32.Mytob and its variants... >> >> > We have.. As it get closer to Christmas the silly season starts with the
spammers.. We notice this every year Show quote "Fred Yarbrough" <fcyarbro***@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:uKqO6hS9FHA.500@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl... > Has anyone else out there had a significant increase in SPAM in the past > week? > > We normally get in around 90K messages per day. Yesterday we got 133K > messages coming into the company. > > > Our systems filter SPAM pretty well but we have been getting massive > amounts > this week. > > > Thanks, > Fred > > Our executives are going nuts here. You would think that they had never
seen a SPAM message before. Yesterday we got 157K messages where our norm is 90K. I bet that realisitcally we only have 7K valid emails coming in the company. Someone has got to come up with a way to stop this madness. Thanks, Fred Show quote "Dave Lee" <ab***@aol.com> wrote in message news:ONVW0Va9FHA.1248@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl... > We have.. As it get closer to Christmas the silly season starts with the > spammers.. We notice this every year > "Fred Yarbrough" <fcyarbro***@yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:uKqO6hS9FHA.500@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl... > > Has anyone else out there had a significant increase in SPAM in the past > > week? > > > > We normally get in around 90K messages per day. Yesterday we got 133K > > messages coming into the company. > > > > > > Our systems filter SPAM pretty well but we have been getting massive > > amounts > > this week. > > > > > > Thanks, > > Fred > > > > > > I know I'm jumping in late -- the original post is gone from my reader.
What are you currently using for anti-spam? NetIQ's MailMarshal. It has been a good product for us. We ocassionally
have flare ups with spam but nothing like the extent that we are seeing now. The sheer number of emails that we are RECEIVING at our gateway has almost doubled our normal daily amount. I suppose that our SPAM block rate is good considering the massive amount of email that it processes. I was just wondering if our domains were being targeted or if this is simply a Christmas rush for the SPAMMERS and we happen to be in their sights at the present time. Thanks, Fred Show quote "David L. West" <n***@deskoptional.com> wrote in message news:op.s02wl2adz54syx@clea.dna.local... > I know I'm jumping in late -- the original post is gone from my reader. > What are you currently using for anti-spam? > > -- > David L. West > http://www.deskoptional.com Does that product do greylisting? I'm seeing an increase in regular spam
as well as wave-after-wave of virii, but the greylisting stops a great deal of the former and almost all of the latter. Hum, I don't know. Let me check it out.
Thanks, Fred Show quote "David L. West" <n***@deskoptional.com> wrote in message news:op.s02z64aiz54syx@clea.dna.local... > Does that product do greylisting? I'm seeing an increase in regular spam > as well as wave-after-wave of virii, but the greylisting stops a great > deal of the former and almost all of the latter. > > -- > David L. West > http://www.deskoptional.com In article <utN0uwg9FHA.***@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>, fcyarbro***@yahoo.com
says... > Our executives are going nuts here. You would think that they had never What are you using to block spam and viruses?> seen a SPAM message before. Yesterday we got 157K messages where our norm > is 90K. I bet that realisitcally we only have 7K valid emails coming in the > company. Someone has got to come up with a way to stop this madness. -- spam999free@rrohio.com remove 999 in order to email me Looks like our incoming email volume is back to normal today. SPAMMERS must
have moved on to someone else's domain. Thanks, Fred Show quote "Leythos" <v***@nowhere.lan> wrote in message news:1trjf.149527$tD4.79260@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com... > In article <utN0uwg9FHA.***@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>, fcyarbro***@yahoo.com > says... > > Our executives are going nuts here. You would think that they had never > > seen a SPAM message before. Yesterday we got 157K messages where our norm > > is 90K. I bet that realisitcally we only have 7K valid emails coming in the > > company. Someone has got to come up with a way to stop this madness. > > What are you using to block spam and viruses? > > -- > > spam999free@rrohio.com > remove 999 in order to email me In article <es16Kqr9FHA.2***@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>, postmaster@127.0.0.1
says... > Looks like our incoming email volume is back to normal today. SPAMMERS must Or the block lists have picked up the new hosts and your block list RBL > have moved on to someone else's domain. is now working. -- spam999free@rrohio.com remove 999 in order to email me Tis the season.
We also see increases in volume certain times of the year plus there is a new virus generating traffic. Show quote "Leythos" <v***@nowhere.lan> wrote in message news:I3Kjf.161836$tD4.9912@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com... > In article <es16Kqr9FHA.2***@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>, postmaster@127.0.0.1 > says... >> Looks like our incoming email volume is back to normal today. SPAMMERS >> must >> have moved on to someone else's domain. > > Or the block lists have picked up the new hosts and your block list RBL > is now working. > > -- > > spam999free@rrohio.com > remove 999 in order to email me  |
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