[mdlug] FTC Shuts down major spam ring, Herbal King

[David Relson]

On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:07:52 -0400 (EDT)
Rich Clark wrote:

> If any of you, like me, were questioning why the big drop in spam
> reject numbers, here's why:
> 
> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/15/technology/internet/15spam.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
> 
> I normally see anywhere from 200-350 rejects daily on my mailserver.
> Today, it's been very dead, not more than 30 rejects, with many hours
> since midnight showing no rejects at all.
> 
> Huzzah FTC and Spamhaus!

Rich,

No drop in spam at my mail server!

In fact my daily average is higher than ever before.  Previous high was
2408 /day average last month.  This month is averaging 2853/day.

Regards,

David