28-04-2005, 21:24
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NTL Spam detection
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Anyone here feel that the NTL blocking of spam has waned a bit recently. i was very happy when they introduced and noticed a great reduction but of late my spam hits have crept back up again..... anyone
oh i know it could be the spammers becoming ever more cunning until NTL's outsourced solution catches up but i'm curious has anyone else noticed?
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28-04-2005, 22:22
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Re: NTL Spam detection
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Originally Posted by bucketbakereturn
Evenin
Anyone here feel that the NTL blocking of spam has waned a bit recently. i was very happy when they introduced and noticed a great reduction but of late my spam hits have crept back up again..... anyone
oh i know it could be the spammers becoming ever more cunning until NTL's outsourced solution catches up but i'm curious has anyone else noticed?
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Messagelabs March Report makes interesting reading linked to at http://www.messagelabs.com/emailthreats/ also click on the spam tab on the graphs.This shows a growing trend of spam mail with a slight dip in March but i gather that April will increase.
Spam generally is on the increase so if NTL block x% and allow y% then as spam mail gets bigger every month so does the y% amount that gets through.There is also an article on spam zombie bots on the October link on that url i gave above zombie bots are harder to overcome.
NTL's system is NOT outsourced by the way
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28-04-2005, 22:25
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Re: NTL Spam detection
Frick ntl's spam detection, that's not too bad; it's MSN/Hotmail that need to improve theirs, and that's all unsolicited. Plus I don't really give my email address out, I use separate ones for forums/getting serials/signing up for stuff etc etc... silly aren't they?
The "Report Junk" doesn't sort it very well either.
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28-04-2005, 22:28
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Re: NTL Spam detection
u see i knew i'd get hammered for that 'outsourced' remark... ok did i not read it on this forum or is it that they are using a set up provided by another company.... anyhow didn't mean anythin by it.
i take on board how you've explained the spam, makes sense. I use Spampal which i'm very happy with so its not as if any of it makes the slightest difference. Just glad that its a general trend a not a piece of software not running properly or a router misconfigured.
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28-04-2005, 22:49
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Re: NTL Spam detection
my spam went from 100+  per day and plumeted to about 10 
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28-04-2005, 23:35
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Re: NTL Spam detection
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Originally Posted by bucketbakereturn
Evenin
Anyone here feel that the NTL blocking of spam has waned a bit recently. i was very happy when they introduced and noticed a great reduction but of late my spam hits have crept back up again..... anyone
oh i know it could be the spammers becoming ever more cunning until NTL's outsourced solution catches up but i'm curious has anyone else noticed?
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Found this link that may be of interest.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050427/sfw126.html?.v=3
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28-04-2005, 23:57
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Re: NTL Spam detection
I keep my spam in da fridge 
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29-04-2005, 00:40
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Re: NTL Spam detection
spam, eggs, sausage and spam?
seriously though, I thought Hotmail's spam filter worked quite well... any I've received at any time has gone straight to Junk Mail.
I havent used my NTL email account for a long time, but I just checked it a moment ago on webmail (that was a long winded process... so slow!) and no spam... I used to get quite a few.
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29-04-2005, 00:52
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Re: NTL Spam detection
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seriously though, I thought Hotmail's spam filter worked quite well... any I've received at any time has gone straight to Junk Mail.
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Well not all of mine does, and even then Thunderbird picks up the bulk folder.
I've reported them and still, instead of the ****ing stuff not getting through like it's supposed to, it goes into the bladdy inbox.
But then, MSN are the most incompetent buffoons I have ever had the displeasure of dealing with so it doesn't surprise me in the slightest.
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29-04-2005, 07:54
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Re: NTL Spam detection
About 3/4 of my total mail is spam.. 
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29-04-2005, 09:11
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Re: NTL Spam detection
[quote=Toto]Found this link that may be of interest.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050427/sfw126.html?.v=3[/QUOTE]
Buying a product and outsourcing aren't the same thing..
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30-04-2005, 00:52
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Re: NTL Spam detection
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The link was meant to show what ntl are doing about spam, and I felt it was worth mentioning in the context of this discussion.
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30-04-2005, 01:02
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Re: NTL Spam detection
[quote=Toto]
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The link was meant to show what ntl are doing about spam, and I felt it was worth mentioning in the context of this discussion.
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exactly, I have noticed a reduction in spam messages 
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04-05-2005, 04:57
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Re: NTL Spam detection
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Originally Posted by Toto
exactly, I have noticed a reduction in spam messages
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I'm still getting over 100 spam mails a day.
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04-05-2005, 05:45
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Re: NTL Spam detection
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Originally Posted by Nidge
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Someone must like you then  I don't even 100 e-mails in total a day 
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