[plug] Re: spam

[Bret Busby]

On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, James Devenish wrote:

> 
> In message <3FA8C953.8080800 at postnewspapers.com.au>
> on Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 05:56:35PM +0800, Craig Ringer wrote:
> > # du -ms /var/spool/imap/public/Junk/
> 
> Looking through my own spam mailbox @guild (one of many accounts), I've
> noticed a 140% increase in spam relative to six months ago (last month
> had 170% more messages than 12 months ago, IIRC). Not sure what the byte
> count is, per message, these days.
> 
> 

As of my writing this message, my spam folder shows 378 messages for the 
month, with (from a quick glance) message sizes ranging from 1170 bytes, 
to 74K. Some of the spam gets filtered into my viral folder, which 
currently shows 182 messages.

-- 
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
..............

"So once you do know what the question actually is,
 you'll know what the answer means."
- Deep Thought,
  Chapter 28 of 
  "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
  A Trilogy In Four Parts",
  written by Douglas Adams, 
  published by Pan Books, 1992 
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