Is Hotmail blocking more SPAM?

[Scarpozzi]

I've just noticed that in the last few weeks, the amount of SPAM I'm receiving has dropped. I'm only getting about 10-20 SPAMs a day. I used to get about 80... I think they're finally filtering that stuff out better...

 

[hollowman]

me too. i used to get like 50+ a day but now only about 5-10 a day.

 

[vi edit]

I've noticed it too. Went from 25+ spammings a day, down to ~5.

Not complaining here

 

[dolph]

150 to 50.
yep, i'd say it's working too bad i still have to have it set on exclusive

 

[AndyHui]

Yes, I've noticed a big reduction too.

 

[Tripleshot]

I still get 50 a day. I hope they fix the server my account is on soon. Its so bad,my ISP has blocked the account. I can only access it from another ISP.

 

[Scarpozzi]

We're having to filter a lot at work too. One of our best guys sits there and analyzes the source of all Email to find out if it's SPAM or not..then he filters the ips and blocks them at the router level. Tough stuff to do without blocking legit IPs.

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: Scarpozzi
We're having to filter a lot at work too. One of our best guys sits there and analyzes the source of all Email to find out if it's SPAM or not..then he filters the ips and blocks them at the router level. Tough stuff to do without blocking legit IPs.

Bah! I just block domains

 

[hollowman]

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: Scarpozzi
We're having to filter a lot at work too. One of our best guys sits there and analyzes the source of all Email to find out if it's SPAM or not..then he filters the ips and blocks them at the router level. Tough stuff to do without blocking legit IPs.

Bah! I just block domains

ya

 

[Scarpozzi]

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: Scarpozzi
We're having to filter a lot at work too. One of our best guys sits there and analyzes the source of all Email to find out if it's SPAM or not..then he filters the ips and blocks them at the router level. Tough stuff to do without blocking legit IPs.

Bah! I just block domains

Easy to do if you run your own MX or work for private industry. If we do find that a domain is responsible, we attempt to contact them. Then we might consider blocking the domain from our MX. We just hate setting up access lists like that because it's only a temporary fix anyhow. I hope someone develops some new standard in Email that's SPAM-proof. Of course I doubt it'll happen.

 

[Led Zeppelin]

Heh, seeing this thread reminded me to check my hotmail. I forgot that if you don't check it at least once every thirty days, they de-activate your address. This is my spam email anyway, so it worked out good because re-activating it is easy, and there was absolutely NO spam in it upon re-activation. Unfortunately, all messages I had saved were deleted, but I guess it was worth not having 600 spams in my box (and yes, I have the filter on high, and most spam still got through). Now that it's reset, we'll see how the improved spam filter works.

 

[bizmark]

It's been a lot better for me too. I was very surprised last night when I logged in, and I only had 1 page of spam versus the usual 3.