Blackmoor Vituperative

Oct 19, 2006

SpamCop and others are monitoring a huge global increase in spam volumes that started late last week. Networks are reporting anywhere from 30-50% increases in spam volume. On our system, this is causing occasional mail delays as our filtering systems struggle with the load. We’re working on installing more systems in the filters to increase our capacity but this won’t be finished for around a week. In the meantime, we may have delays during the middle of the day. We’re aware of the problem and doing what we can to mitigate it until all the new systems are operational.

(from SpamCop Email System News)

I have been getting swamped with spam over the last few days. Most of it has subject lines like “Momentous letter. You must to read.”

We really need a replacement for SMTP. Like, five years ago.