On Mon, 20 Nov 2006 21:12:43 +0000
Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 'Tis the season to send spam
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | In October, 63 billion junk messages were sent daily, on average,
> | compared with 31 billion a year ago, according to data from IronPort
> | Systems. Another antispam specialist, MessageLabs, reports that 88.7
> | percent of all e-mail sent in October was unsolicited. That
> percentage | is expected to rise to nearly 90 percent in November and
> December. `----
>
> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6136901.html
>
> This is costing everyone (server load) and wastes everybody's time,
> Linux users included. As usual, Microsoft Windows gets (almost) the
> whole pie.
>
> Deconstructing a 'Pump-and-Dump' Spam Trojan
>
> http://www.eweek.com/slideshow_viewer/0,1205,l=&s=25954&a=194164&po=4,00.
>
> Maybe the figures are biased. You know, to please Microsoft. [sarcasm
> /]
those with qmail:
www.s5h.net/qmail/bogofilter.html
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Regards, Ed :: http://www.bsdwarez.net
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