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I've been using an email forwarding service for almost 14 years...one that is known for it's spam filters. Customers can also add their own filters. A customer's filtered email is sent to a discards page for review should said customer need to check for a legitimate, missing email. That happens, albeit rarely.
I thought I needed to check that page this morning (turns out I didn't!) and was stunned to find 15,694 messages in 'discards'...and even more stunned to find that covered only the last 30 days.
Even with all the filters in place, a few spam still make it thru to my ISP, where further filtering takes place. Those end up in my inbox but are specifically marked as spam.
Even then, some spam plows thru the entire filtering process where, within my email application, I've set up additional filters that send more spam to the trash!!! And, there's spam that bypasses ALL filters and ends up in my inbox. Not a lot, tho'!
After a little number crunching I estimate that should there be no filters in place I would be receiving approx. 575 spam per day!
This doesn't even include a little used Yahoo account!
Any opinions on whether or not this is an unusually high number? I'm sure it doesn't help that I've had the same email addy for those 13+ years! I'm not looking to change it because the amount of spam that makes it thru to my inbox is not that disconcerting. I'm just a bit stunned over how prolific spam has become!
I thought I needed to check that page this morning (turns out I didn't!) and was stunned to find 15,694 messages in 'discards'...and even more stunned to find that covered only the last 30 days.
Even with all the filters in place, a few spam still make it thru to my ISP, where further filtering takes place. Those end up in my inbox but are specifically marked as spam.
Even then, some spam plows thru the entire filtering process where, within my email application, I've set up additional filters that send more spam to the trash!!! And, there's spam that bypasses ALL filters and ends up in my inbox. Not a lot, tho'!
After a little number crunching I estimate that should there be no filters in place I would be receiving approx. 575 spam per day!
This doesn't even include a little used Yahoo account!Any opinions on whether or not this is an unusually high number? I'm sure it doesn't help that I've had the same email addy for those 13+ years! I'm not looking to change it because the amount of spam that makes it thru to my inbox is not that disconcerting. I'm just a bit stunned over how prolific spam has become!
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