Comments on: You now have 66% less spam

By: Geert

Geert — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:47:33 +0000

@verKoopwinkel: Probably you mean “how to get your email delivered in Hotmail inboxes”, as your current comment suggest you’re looking for a trick to fool the Hotmail spamfilter.

For our clients, we deliver a lot of mails to Hotmail (in the inbox!). It is based on reputation.

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By: verKoopwinkel

verKoopwinkel — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:08:38 +0000

Second the motion (agree with Luca F.) awesome blogpost once again ! Does anyone know how we can get past the spamfilters on Hotmail ? (get on the Hotmail whitelist).

By: Luca F.

Luca F. — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:34:36 +0000

very very interesting….

By: Dan Field

Dan Field — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:56:17 +0000

Definitely… The shutting down of McColo is great news, I don’t want to knock that.

Every little helps!

By: Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten

Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:53:30 +0000

Thanks for the insights into the world of spam! As detailed in this post here (http://thenextweb.com/2008/11/10/one-sale-for-every-12500000-spam-messages-sent/) spammers are making less on their activities than we thought. So maybe by actively chasing and disconnecting them like this we make it uneconomically to continue doing business like this.

Or maybe not. Either way, it feels better than doing nothing…

By: Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten

Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:50:42 +0000

That was mean. You hurt my feelings!

Ahh, I’m over it already. Fixed the typos. Thanks!

By: Dan Field

Dan Field — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:47:24 +0000

Hi Boris,

It is true that a small number of spammers are responsible for almost all of the spam sent out, but there is also many more on their way up the ranks ready to take their place.

Unfortunately the same holds true for the hosting companies that allow the spam to be sent out, the spammers that used McColo will already be switching their operations to other hosting providers… not to mention the use of BotNets to send out the spam.

We have recorded a significant drop in some spam sent to *some* users, but not all will benefit from this shut-down.

If you are in the UK for example then only 12.5% of your spam actually comes from the US:
http://www.clearmymail.com/SpamIndex/Q2_2008_Top_10_Countries_Sending_Spam_To_UK.aspx

Its also key to note, that this drop will be very short lived. We are already starting to see the levels of spam rise again as the spammers move their operations elsewhere.

Get yourself ready for the holiday season, its going to be a big one for spam!

By: Eelco

Eelco — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:43:44 +0000

Ernst-Jan, have you tried alternatives like TypePad (http://antispam.typepad.com/) or Defensio? We’re having good results with the former (didn’t test Defensio).

BTW, Boris, you might need a better monitor. It’s McColo, not MoColo. Also, you might want to proof-read your posts, because there’s a heel of a typo at the bottom ;)

By: Ernst-Jan Pfauth

Ernst-Jan Pfauth — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:57:25 +0000

I wish the amount of blog spam would decrease. Akismet is an ok filter but not nearly as good as the Gmail filter. So that means blog spam irritates me more.