spam drops by 2/3... wont last.. Great Story..>>Links>>

[sam sarrha]

http://www.pcmech.com/article/early-christmas-present-spam-drops-two-thirds-worldwide/

http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-spam14-2008nov14,1,4316124.story

"...snip..I'm not under the illusion that it's going to last forever, but it's nice to have these small victories," said Paul Ferguson, an advanced threat researcher at software security company Trend Micro Inc. who contributed to the effort.

He and other analysts circulated a dense report Wednesday that blamed some companies for allowing spam to proliferate. Two big providers of Internet connections named in it -- Hurricane Electric Internet Services and Global Crossing Ltd. -- acted quickly to cut ties to the core subject of the document, a little-known Silicon Valley company called McColo Corp. that rents out servers to clients. ..snip"

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. Guess what?

Since I have been applying for jobs online, my spam was running 400+ a day, which luckily Spamato and TBird handled like a champ. Note: Many online job services were being used as address collectors by spammers, through fraudulent listings. Since they McColo takedown, my spam is hella less and is showing no sign of coming back.

Something tells me that taking down McColo did two things:

1. Took out one of the biggest offenders out there.

2. Put the fear of god in a lot of others.

And that, brothers and sisters, is A Good Thing. If another one like McColo springs up, then the same should happen to them. Or even worse.