Spam email down by 70%

NeilF · 13 Nov 2008 at 13:09

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7725492.stm

I used to get loads and loads of spam email, and it does generally seem to be reducing (eg: over last the last year). Google mail (who I use) seems to also remove a lot.

Zogger · 13 Nov 2008 at 13:16

ah my spam seems to be down a lot too. From 30,000 in my spam box about a month ago to 18,000 today. I'm guessing that's still on the way down then...

NeilF · 13 Nov 2008 at 13:17

Zogger said:
ah my spam seems to be down a lot too. From 30,000 in my spam box about a month ago to 18,000 today. I'm guessing that's still on the way down then...

You're joking! Tens of thousands! :eek:

Mat · 13 Nov 2008 at 13:17

Unfortunately, spam posts still remain at an all time high...

/\ndy · 13 Nov 2008 at 13:19

how do u get so much spam? i probably get one email a week thats dodgy, not subscribing to any shifty sites are we?

lol

Zogger · 13 Nov 2008 at 13:19

NeilFawcett said:
You're joking! Tens of thousands!

catch-all domain name

Most of it isn't even aimed at my address...

Have a few people with e-mail addresses on my domain as well and I get spam for variations of that (e.g. with a letter taken off the beginning of their name, or a random letter changed etc.)

Sankari · 13 Nov 2008 at 13:19

Oh noes, where will I buy my Genuric Viogra now?

:confused:

Duke · 13 Nov 2008 at 13:21

Google clears the spam on my domain email, so it doesn't reach Outlook

NeilF · 13 Nov 2008 at 13:32

Duke said:
Google clears the spam on my domain email, so it doesn't reach Outlook

Google does an amazing job and stripping out spam!

Bignomial · 13 Nov 2008 at 13:39

I recently turned off my catch-all, despite having used it for years. I was getting far, far too many failed mail replies from spammers using forged headers with @mydomain as the sender.

NickK · 13 Nov 2008 at 13:46

I get buttloads of emails attempting to get me to read or print the attached zip file..

Although I do own the domain so it's quite funny sometimes..

stumpy187 · 13 Nov 2008 at 13:53

I seem to be hovering around the 1300 mark in my spam on gmail which is considerably lower than the constant 3000 it was at a few months ago

gillywibble · 13 Nov 2008 at 13:53

I've not noticed any difference, because Gmail takes care of it.

stumpy187 · 13 Nov 2008 at 13:55

NickK said:
I get buttloads of emails attempting to get me to read or print the attached zip file..

Although I do own the domain so it's quite funny sometimes..

I got some really good ones sent to me from "UPS" about a package that couldnt be delivered. It was telling me to open the attached document to check the invoice. I might have actually clicked the attachment if i was stupid seeing as the email was really well laid out with sentences that made sense.

platypus · 13 Nov 2008 at 14:00

Yahoo's SpamGuard thing is getting stronger and stronger.

Cosimo · 13 Nov 2008 at 14:04

platypus said:
Yahoo's SpamGuard thing is getting stronger and stronger.

It most certainly is.

Redrum · 13 Nov 2008 at 14:06

stumpy187 said:
I got some really good ones sent to me from "UPS" about a package that couldnt be delivered. It was telling me to open the attached document to check the invoice. I might have actually clicked the attachment if i was stupid seeing as the email was really well laid out with sentences that made sense.

There have been a lot of those going around. Someone at my previous company did open it as they thought it was about a delivery and it was a virus. We ended up having to restore the whole PC from a backup.

Bignomial said:
I recently turned off my catch-all, despite having used it for years. I was getting far, far too many failed mail replies from spammers using forged headers with @mydomain as the sender.

You can add an spf record for the domain that says what servers are allowed to send mail for it. It's not fullproof as not that many servers actually check spf records when receiving mail but I have found that it can make the spammers move onto another domain.