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"
 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...

Nope.  The SPAMs that we are getting are simply

mortgage, weight loss, software, insurance.



Thanks,
Fred


"Andy David - MVP"  wrote in message
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> On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 15:04:22 -0600, "Fred Yarbrough"
>  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"
 wrote:

>Nope.  The SPAMs that we are getting are simply
>
>mortgage, weight loss, software, insurance.
	Targeted marketing?  <g>


>
>
>
>Thanks,
>Fred
>
>
>"Andy David - MVP"  wrote in message
>news:pvgpo1h2ni4ipsf40l8udovr8vr3nhjjfv@4ax.com...
>> On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 15:04:22 -0600, "Fred Yarbrough"
>>  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
"Fred Yarbrough"  wrote in message 
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> 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


"Dave Lee"  wrote in message
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> We have.. As it get closer to Christmas the silly season starts with the
> spammers.. We notice this every year
> "Fred Yarbrough"  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?

-- 
David L. West
http://www.deskoptional.com

In article , fcyarbrough@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

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

"David L. West"  wrote in message
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> 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.

-- 
David L. West
http://www.deskoptional.com

Hum, I don't know.  Let me check it out.

Thanks,
Fred

"David L. West"  wrote in message
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> 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

Looks like our incoming email volume is back to normal today.  SPAMMERS must
have moved on to someone else's domain.


Thanks,
Fred


"Leythos"  wrote in message
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> In article , fcyarbrough@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 , 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

Tis the season.
We also see increases in volume certain times of the year plus there is a 
new virus generating traffic.

"Leythos"  wrote in message 
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> In article , 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