Comments on: Spam Reduced 66% Worldwide After One Company Shuttered

By: Charles Hansing

Charles Hansing — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 22:12:04 +0000

Today, I saw 0 spam in my inbox for I think the first time since 1996!!! Unbelievable!!!

And I did see a big reduction in spam around the time this was originally posted (about a month and a half ago). This is great news overall.

In September / October, I was averaging almost 200 spam messages a day. I didn’t change any of my filtering settings since. So I still can’t believe it, no spam at all today!!! Wow.

By: Arthur Bland

Arthur Bland — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:41:06 +0000

I agree Luz. We should get rid of the ‘roots’..

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:46:58 +0000

This is good news, indeed. But the reality is that they’ll be back. I had not heard or read about this until now. Very eye opening and it seems to be affecting me, too. I’ve had less spam as well and I guess this is the reason. Isn’t it nice without them? I wish it could only last . . .

By: Luz Spielberg

Luz Spielberg — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:57:36 +0000

I am thinking that the most important thing we can do about this is identify the ‘roots’ of these spammers? Where do they come from? Who’s financing them? If we all have identified them and take that necessary action towards them — then we can eventually eliminate SPAMS in our lives.

By: Gil Gerretsen

Gil Gerretsen — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:54:05 +0000

It is interesting that someone finally had the gumption to take this kind of action. But you are right that spammers will simply find a new host. The vacuum will be filled. I think the perceived consequences of shutting down any spammer is mitigated by the fact that more and more people are shifting away from email towards social networking connections like Facebook and Twitter … where spam is almost non existent. The rising generations hardly even use email anymore.

By: Printoutlet

Printoutlet — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:39:09 +0000

The sad thing is that after a while spammers will find a way to get back online. It’s a whole industry. ISPs or mail servers play an important role in the process, but unless the whole infrastructure of illigal pharma, distribution centers, etc will be shut down, spammers will reappear.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:09:38 +0000

It’s great that someone actually took a stand and shut them down. This will be a nice little vacation from spammers but unfortunately it won’t last. They will always find a way around the obstacles we put out, afterall this is how they do business.

By: Arthur Bland

Arthur Bland — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:39:26 +0000

Wow. This is such a good news.

I’m a bit worried on the last statement about the community effort. It just proved that we really just can’t rely on the gov’t. . And yes, Matt I agree with you. There should be a strict implementation of an Internet regulation to improve our business processes.

By: Gregg Masters

Gregg Masters — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:10:09 +0000

Hard to believe that scale of spam could be generated by 2 operators! My, my….Kudos to the brave ones who took the action.

By: Chris Wallace

Chris Wallace — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:06:42 +0000

I actually saw a bit of a spike in my spam folder… Interesting article though.