RE: [Nolug] *Incredible* surge in spam

On Wed, 2003-10-22 at 22:35, Pietu wrote:
> All you need is a domain name and you shall receive spam. There is no need
> for announcing any e-mail addresses to it. (Anyway currently my mail server
> does not accept any e-mails to non-existing accounts.)
>
> Ron, where did you find that image?

You mean the graph? Generated using a program named ploticus.
Found it when I was looking for a simple front end to gnuplot.

Attached are the scripts I use to generate it, plus the data
files. spam.graph.sh is the "driver".

> I've noticed the incredible increase of spam lately also.

Final results from yesterday:
[1st 18 days of month, ~50-70 spams/day]
19 389
20 1495
21 2027
22 3025

> Pietu
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-nolug@joeykelly.net [mailto:owner-nolug@joeykelly.net]On
> > Behalf Of T.E.Stirewalt
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 7:10 PM
> > To: nolug@joeykelly.net
> > Subject: Re: [Nolug] *Incredible* surge in spam
> >
> >
> > WOW !
> >
> > However, in all fairness, it is CLEARLY the fault of the
> > recipient ! :)
> >
> > You know, if you did not have that address, there would be no spam to
> > that address..... or something like that. If a tree falls in the
> > woods...?
> > or is it the one about what a bear does in the woods?
> >
> > Tom 22 OCT 2003
> > Thomas E. Stirewalt Jr.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ron Johnson" <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>
> > To: "NOLUG ML" <nolug@joeykelly.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 5:41 PM
> > Subject: [Nolug] *Incredible* surge in spam
> >
> >
> > >
> > > The X-axis is day-of-month, and Y is # spams.

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Ron Johnson, Jr. ron.l.johnson@cox.net
Jefferson, LA USA
The difference between drunken sailors and Congressmen is that
drunken sailors spend their own money.

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