Worldwide Spam email drops by 75% overnight

Added: (Thu Nov 13 2008)

Pressbox (Press Release) - Co. Meath, Ireland — 13 Nov. 2008 — MXSweep Reports massive drop in spam in the wake of California based hosting company shutdown.

MXSweep a global leader in hosted email security services today reported a massive drop in spam emails in the wake of Californian based ISP being shut down. ,
Dublin, Ireland November 13, 2008 — MXSweep a global leader in hosted email security services, today reported a massive drop in spam emails of 75% in the wake of Californian based hosting provider being shut down
MXSweep previously reported over 98% of all email received into our data centres is classified as spam or viruses, with the drop of over 75% the new ratio of spam to good vs. junk email is now less than 90% junk. Previously each email address on average received over 200 spam emails per day, this will now reduce to 50-60 spam emails per day.
Danny Jenkins, MXSweep’s Chief Technology Officer and co-founder, says “Regrettably it is without a doubt the drop is short term, and the spammers will almost certainly re-house within days. In addition to relocation will bring along new techniques of spamming, Spam Filtering Companies will need to re-identify the source of the spam quickly to maintain accurate spam filtering”
This massive drop also identifies the requirement for United States to step up and begin to take harder action again spammers, previously countries such as the United States, and the United Kingdom have hidden behind industry reports that claim the majority of spam comes from China and other Asian countries. This event clearly identifies an amount of inaccuracy in these reports, and shows that up until yesterday over 75% of spam was originating from within the United States.

About MXSweep
MXSweep provides a comprehensive suite of hosted email security services, including Anti-Virus, Anti-Spam and Anti-Fraud capabilities for server and network protection with Recovery and Continuity, and Policy and Compliance solutions in place to ensure content control and business continuity. Taking less than one hour to deploy, MXSweep’s managed service protects companies and employees against the threat of spam and viruses transmitted over email. The MXSweep solution helps companies increase the availability and reliability of their email and IT infrastructure. Headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, MXSweep serves the international market through a global network of channel partners.
The company has been awarded Premium Checkmark Certification status by the independent West Coast Labs on the strength of MXSweep’s ability to block all email-borne spam. Applying multiple layers of perimeter protection technologies across a clustered network of secure data centres, the MXSweep email protection service provides the comprehensive and accurate filtration required to purify today’s business email from all threats.