Spam reduced by two-thirds!
November 15th 2008 03:33
Some people like spam!
Equally, at work, my Outlook system is set up (by some predecessor) in such a way that very little spam turns up, and what does usually winds up in the Junk Box.
We had a brief time a couple of months ago where important things were managing to go into the Junk Box, but that's been fixed.
Now I read that we might possibly get less spam being sent, because one of the major spam hosts has been shut down.
Oh, dear, thousands of ads for enlarged male parts won't be going out, thousands - or is it millions? - of ads for creams that wipe away every wrinkle will cease to annoy us, and millions - or is it billions? - of other pieces of rubbish will suddenly have no home on the Internet.
Spam hosting company McColo Corp has been identified as the base for machines responsible for roughly 75% of the spam generated worldwide each day. 75%. Crikey! What will all the little spam stoppers do?
Unfortunately, the news isn't all good. McColo is likely to find another provider to host its content, or the botnets’ backers could simply move their command and control offshore.
“In a couple weeks, spam volumes will rebound to all-time highs (just in time for the holiday season)”, IronPort said in a statement.
Just like germs, spam and spammers don't go away easily.
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