Spam Spam Spam Spam

I still get tons of spam and have not seen a drop off in it. Allegedly there is a drop off in spam with "McColo" being shut down. Still I find it interesting that one host was responsible for so much spam.

BBC News: Spam plummets as gang leaves net

Anti-spam firm Ironport has seen junk mail levels drop by 70% since McColo was taken offline on 11 November.

But, it warned, it will be a temporary respite from the menace of spam

It (McColo) is believed that it hosted gangs running botnets - networks of computers that have been taken over by criminals to send malicious software and spam.

According to MessageLabs, botnets are responsible for over 90% of spam.

"Spam levels will come back to normal as we build up to Thanksgiving and Christmas," he said.