Monday, November 12, 2007

By the Numbers: Spam!

Contributed by Dan Pfeifer, Chief Technology Officer
and Courtney Hime, ITAP Communications Consultant

Often on days when faculty, staff, and students feel e-mail is running behind, it is forgotten how much spam the University sifts through. Here are some monthly, daily, and hourly statistics about the amount of spam received by the Network Services Group.
















































Spam Statistics for a 30-day period Fall 2007



Total



Day



Hour


Blocked

92,903,372



99,730



9,144


Blocked due to a virus

862,237



7



1


Quarantined

1,363,749



257



32


Allowed but tagged

73,699



6



2


Allowed

14,739,451



5,190



848


Total Received

109,942,508



105,190



10,027