Not that I'm complaining, mind you, but up until about a week ago I was getting 30 to 50 spam emails a day. I've had 0 to 5 a day since last weekend. Granted, some of that decline in volume is probably due to the fact that the spammers are taking a holiday, but isn't that stuff mostly automated? I mean, isn't that the appeal..., that they avoid productive work? Is it possible that the recent anti-spam legislation is actually having an impact?
I did get my first piece of blog/comment spam last week, though.
Posted by Demosophist at December 27, 2003 10:49 AM | TrackBackDon't fear. They'll be back after the holidays. Today I actually got spammed with about 50 returned mail notifications that a spammer sent out using my email address as the reply!!!! There is no end to spam.
Posted by: tallglassofmilk at December 27, 2003 10:58 AMYou're probably right, though I have seen a dropoff in spam since the passage of the anti-spam statute. That could mean that they're just regrouping. It would be really great of those who stole email addresses could be prosecuted and jailed for identity theft. Getting a few of them behind bars would be sooooo satisfying.
Posted by: Scott (to TGOM) at December 28, 2003 11:42 AM