Re: Extremely High Spam Statistics

["Br. Kenneth Arnold" <bkarnold () CBU EDU>]

We use Barracuda and have run between  78 and 85% spam for the last four days.

At 06:51 PM 2/12/2007, you wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I would be interested in comparing our spam stats with other
> institutions.  We are currently sent around around 450 000 emails
> per day, of which 98-99% are spam leaving around 5000 valid email
> messages passed through.  This is transparent to our uses who only
> receive valid email.
>
> Are other institution's spam levels this high?  I would be very
> interested in hearing stats as I thought global rates were only around 90-95%.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tim
>
>
>
> Tim Lane
> Information Security Program Manager
>
> Information Technology and Telecommunication Services
> Southern Cross University
> PO Box 157 Lismore NSW 2480
>
> (02 6620 3290   7              02 6620 3033   - tlane () scu edu au
> 8 <http://www.scu.edu.au>http://www.scu.edu.au

Brother Kenneth Arnold, FSC
Director of Network Systems
Christian Brothers University
Information Technology Services
(901) 321-4333