[svlug] botnets

[Skip Evans]

Rick,

Do I understand correctly? Are you saying that 90% 
of ALL spam comes from spambots?

Skip

Rick Moen wrote:
> Quoting David Rosenstrauch (darose at darose.net):
> 
> 
>>I ask because from what I can see most of the spam I get still seems
>>to come directly from dynamic IP's belonging to various ISP's - and
>>not from their mail servers.
> 
> 
> I can confirm from analysis of quite a few SMTP mail hosts that you are
> absolutely correct.  It's not even just "most":  It's the overwhelming 
> share of spam -- way, way over 90%.
> 

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